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    Golang Engineer

    Canonical
    Home based - Worldwide•Home Based - Worldwide
    Remote
    Mid Level
    Full Time
    GolangLinuxRemoteOpen SourceUbuntuDistributed Systems

    Requirements

    • •An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
    • •Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
    • •Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
    • •Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
    • •Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
    • •Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux
    • •Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
    • •For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs
    • •Professional written and spoken English
    • •Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
    • •Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
    • •Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
    • •Excellent communication and presentation skills
    • •Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
    • •Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

    What You'll Do

    • •Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go
    • •Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
    • •Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
    • •Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
    • •Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
    • •In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team
    • •Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

    Nice to Have

    • •Experience developing for Ubuntu Linux
    • •Experience with Juju, LXD, Microk8s, Snapd, Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro
    • •Performance engineering and security experience

    Benefits

    • •Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
    • •Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
    • •Annual compensation review
    • •Recognition rewards
    • •Annual holiday leave
    • •Maternity and paternity leave
    • •Employee Assistance Program
    • •Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
    • •Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

    About Canonical

    Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises.

    London, UK
    1000 - 5000
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