Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go)

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Responsibilities

• ▹Own the design, delivery and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale
• ▹Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• ▹Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
• ▹Work with helpful and talented engineers, including experts in many fields
• ▹Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• ▹Coach and develop team members with less experience, contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team
• ▹Drive process improvement and assist the manager in running the team
• ▹Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

Requirements

• ▹Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go
• ▹Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems
• ▹Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written, especially in online environments
• ▹An exceptional academic track record from high school and preferably university
• ▹Experience with agile software development methodologies
• ▹Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.)
• ▹Experience developing in C, C++, Rust or other low-level programming languages
• ▹Solid networking background and experience
• ▹Experience in the Linux and open source software world
• ▹Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.)
• ▹Working knowledge of cloud computing
• ▹Passion for software quality and testing
• ▹Experience with packaging (Debian, snaps)
• ▹Programming with, and operating, SQL and NoSQL databases
• ▹Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project, even if that is community open source contributions
• ▹Demonstrated track record of open source contributions
• ▹Prior experience developing plugins for Terraform

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints; the company has worked remotely since 2004
• ▹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 Programme
• ▹Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
• ▹Performance-driven annual bonus in addition to base pay

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. It has 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and has been a remote-first company since 2004.