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Ubuntu Engineering Lead
Canonical
Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
100% remote
Experience
Lead / principal · Not stated
Level inferred from job title
Job description
Key details
- Lead teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
- Design, build and ship high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
- Take responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
- Work with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
- Set expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Offer coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
- Contribute to upstream and neighboring open source projects
- Optimize the distribution for performance, reliability, and security
- Debug complex system-level issues and deliver robust solutions
- Author and improve technical and community documentation
- Company mission
- Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source, publishing Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud
Primary stack
Core technologies
GoPython (Programming Language)
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 Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus
Requirements & details
- 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
- Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
- Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
- A demonstrated passion for open source software
- Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal 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 contributing to or leading open source projects
- Nice-to-have: experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
- Nice-to-have: experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
- Nice-to-have: performance or security engineering experience
- Remote roles open in every time zone
- Rust, Go, Python, Flutter, C/C++, Linux
- Go
- Python (Programming Language)