Canonical Open Source Software Engineer - Developer Tooling and Containers
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems that is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives. The company's platform, Ubuntu, is utilized by the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, as well as industry leaders across various sectors.
Canonical is a pioneer in global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. The company values intellectual honesty, peer reviews, and writing clear and maintainable code. The company offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible work environment. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.
The role of a Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers is to design the user experience of new capabilities in the tool, write high-quality code to create new features, and obsess over correctness and robustness for diverse use cases. The role involves collaboration with teams both inside and outside the company and a strong understanding of containers and the kernel semantics and capabilities.
The position is based in the APAC region, and remote roles can be filled from anywhere in APAC time zones.
Location: APAC, remote roles can be filled from anywhere in APAC time zones.
Responsibilities
- Design the user experience of new capabilities in the tool
- Write high-quality code to create new features
- Obsess with correctness and robustness of your work for diverse use cases
- Go the extra mile in making sure the software you create addresses a well-defined problem
- Think carefully through implementation strategy from the perspective of performance, quality, and security
- Work with teams both inside and outside of Canonical
Requirements
- Professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
- Linux system-level fundamentals, for example, cgroups and namespaces
Nice-to-Have Skills
- Experience with LXC/LXD
- Experience with AI/ML and/or CUDA/OpenVINO
- Knowledge of system and language package managers internals
Benefits and Compensation
Canonical offers a competitive salary, benefits, and a flexible work environment. The company also provides a performance-driven annual bonus or commission, a personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year, an annual compensation review, recognition rewards, and annual holiday leave.
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. The company publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects, and is changing the world of software. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.
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