Go (Golang) Software Engineer - Developer Tooling and Containers
Job description
Go (Golang) software engineer role on a new open-source developer experience tool, deeply integrated with Ubuntu desktop, modern IDEs and SDKs, aimed at freeing developers from tedious environment setup. The team is based in the APAC region and the role is remote within APAC time zones.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · APAC
- Languages
- English – professional
What you'll do
- 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're looking for
- Professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
- Know Linux system-level fundamentals, for example, cgroups and namespaces
- 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
- Deep interest in crafting tools for software engineers
- Taste in experience design
- Senior roles require a strong understanding of containers and the kernel semantics and capabilities that underpin them
Nice to have
- Experience with LXC/LXD
- Experience with AI/ML and/or CUDA/OpenVINO
- Knowledge of system and language package managers internals
Benefits
- 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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
The company that publishes Ubuntu
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
To be a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source, changing the world of software.
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
Partners & customers
What they value
- Intellectual honesty in decision-making
- Peer reviews
- Writing clear and maintainable code
- Excellence