Juju Software Engineer (Go)
Canonical
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
Software-EngineerGoBackend-DevelopmentDevOpsCloud-InfrastructureDistributed-Systems-EngineeringGolang-Software-EngineerGoLang-EngineerGoLang-Backend-EngineerGo-Application-EngineerGo-Golang-DeveloperGolang-DeveloperSoftware EngineerSoftware DeveloperSystem DesignEngineeringR ProgrammingKubernetesnetworkingautomationdevelopingTerraformAnsiblewrittenetc.)DockerdesignLinuxAgileCloudDesign PatternsSQLandAIFulltime
Key highlights
- Globally remote role
- Required experience in Go
- USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
- Includes performance-driven annual bonus
Role overview
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, publishing Ubuntu. They are hiring a Software Engineer to contribute to the development of Juju, a large open-source Go project that powers complex distributed software systems across public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal. Canonical is a founder-led, profitable, and growing company that has been remote-first since 2004, employing over 1200 colleagues in 75+ countries.
Responsibilities
- Contribute to 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
- Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events
Requirements
- Experience developing software using Go.
- Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.)
- Solid networking background and experience
- Experience with agile software development methodologies
- Experience in the Linux and open-source software world
- Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.)
- Working knowledge of cloud computing
- Experience with software 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
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus
- 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 from your team and others
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Additional details
- Location: This is a Globally remote role.
- We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
- We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance.
- Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
- Originally posted on Himalayas