Go (Golang) Software Engineer - Developer Tooling and Containers

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform Ubuntu is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud data science AI engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Go (Golang) Software Engineer Developer Tooling and Containers to work on a new open-source developer experience tool. We are rethinking typical developer workflows trying to preserve what people love about traditional Linux while enabling people to work better in immutable distro environments as well as with remote cloud resources. You'll join to work on a product that is deeply and securely integrated with Ubuntu desktop modern IDEs and SDKs from publishers like NVIDIA Intel AMD and others. Our ultimate goal is to free developers from the hours of tedious environment setup across multiple industry domains such as Robotics MLOps IoT. Come help us to make Ubuntu the greatest platform for software engineers!

The role implies a deep interest in crafting tools for software engineers. It requires taste in experience design and will benefit from experience with professional Linux based software development Linux system-level fundamentals and containers. As a team we value intellectual honesty in decision-making peer reviews and writing clear and maintainable code. While we are building a full team including senior junior and entry-level roles the senior roles require a strong understanding of containers and the kernel semantics and capabilities that underpin them.

Location: This team is based in the APAC region these remote roles can be filled from anywhere in APAC time zones.

The role entails

• 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

What we are looking for in you

• You have professional software development experience using Go Python C or C++

• You know Linux system-level fundamentals for example cgroups and namespaces

In addition:

• You are curious thoughtful articulate and accountable

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path

• Confidence to respectfully speak up exchange feedback and share ideas without hesitation

• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience with LXC/LXD

• Experience with AI/ML and/or CUDA/OpenVINO

• Knowledge of system and language package managers internals

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location experience and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 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 one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI IoT and the cloud we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently work smarter learn new skills and raise your game.

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. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.

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