Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer

Overview

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. Canonical operates globally with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. This is a general track for Senior+ (Senior/Staff/Principal) Engineers in any team at Canonical. After the first round of interviews we will determine which teams are the best fit for progress.

Location: we have remote opportunities for Senior Engineers in every time zone.

Responsibilities

• Leading design and architecture of an impactful open source project
• Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React
• Collaborating proactively with a globally distributed team
• Mentoring, developing and advising colleagues in their career progression
• Displaying technical leadership in Canonical and our communities
• Debugging issues and producing high-quality code to fix them
• Contributing to technical documentation with the aim of making it the best of its kind
• Working from home with global travel twice annually for company events

What we are looking for

• 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
• Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace
• Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python or C
• Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
• Excellent communication skills including professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Nice-to-have skills

• Container technologies such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
• Highly concurrent, distributed systems
• Performance engineering – from kernel to web – benchmarks, optimization
• Software security – fuzzing, tabletop threat models, analysis, audit
• Build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation
• Public clouds or OpenStack
• Debian/Ubuntu packaging
• Systems programming or scalable web services
• Deep quality and test engineering
• Web or Flutter front-end experience
• REST and gRPC API experience
• SQL and NoSQL data store expertise

What we offer you

• 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
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit globally and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We have been remote-first since 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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