Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead the design and architecture of an impactful open source project
• ▹Code in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or TypeScript / React
• ▹Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• ▹Mentor, develop and advise colleagues in their career progression
• ▹Display technical leadership at Canonical and in our communities
• ▹Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
• ▹Contribute to technical documentation with the aim to make it the best of its kind
• ▹Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

Requirements

• ▹An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• ▹Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an 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
• ▹Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks each

Nice to have

• ▹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 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

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• ▹Annual compensation review
• ▹Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹Annual holiday leave
• ▹Maternity and paternity leave
• ▹Team Member Assistance Program and wellness platform
• ▹Travel to meet colleagues and attend company events
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneering open source technology company. It recruits globally and has worked remotely since 2004.