Containerization & Virtualisation Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach
• ▹Engage with upstream communities in your area of expertise
• ▹Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defence in depth
• ▹Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimise your product
• ▹Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• ▹Write high quality code to create new features
• ▹Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• ▹Review code produced by other engineers
• ▹Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions

Requirements

• ▹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
• ▹Experience with open source virtualisation or container technology
• ▹Experience working in the kernel or very low-level systems
• ▹Professional written and spoken English
• ▹Experience with Linux, Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• ▹Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility and accountability
• ▹Excellent communication and presentation skills
• ▹Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks each

Nice to have

• ▹Performance engineering and security experience

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
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹Annual holiday leave
• ▹Maternity and paternity leave
• ▹Employee Assistance Programme
• ▹Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. It recruits globally and has been remote-first since 2004.