Golang Engineer
Job description
Golang engineers of all levels of seniority are hired for relevant product teams at Canonical, building the systems that deliver Ubuntu to the world. After the first round of interviews, the best-fit product team is chosen based on the candidate's interests.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go
- Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
- Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
- Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
- Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
- In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team
- Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy
What we're looking for
- 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
- Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux
- Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
- For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Nice to have
- Experience developing for Ubuntu Linux
- Experience with Juju, LXD, Microk8s, Snap, Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro
- Performance engineering and security experience
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
- Employee Assistance Program
- 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
How to get hired
- 1First round of interviews, after which the best fit product team at Canonical is found for you to progress your application based on your personal interests
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About Canonical
The company that publishes Ubuntu
Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
To deliver innovative open-source solutions to individuals and enterprises around the world
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open-source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries
- Very few office-based roles; most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
- Founder led, profitable and growing
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers
What they value
- Excellence
- Fairness globally
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background