Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers
Canonical
WorldwideremotePosted 1 month ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Remote within APAC time zones
- USD 2,000 annual learning budget
- Requires professional experience in Go, Python, C, or C++
- International travel twice a year
Role overview
Canonical is hiring a Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers to work on a new open-source developer experience tool. The goal is to rethink typical developer workflows, enabling better work in immutable distro environments and with remote cloud resources, creating a product deeply integrated with Ubuntu desktop, modern IDEs, and SDKs from publishers like NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD to eliminate tedious environment setup in domains such as Robotics, MLOps, and IoT. The company is a founder-led, profitable, and growing provider of open source software and operating systems (Ubuntu) with a global distributed collaboration model. The role requires a deep interest in crafting tools for software engineers and taste in experience design.
Responsibilities
- 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
Requirements
- Professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
- Knowledge of 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
- For senior roles: 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
- Experience with professional Linux based software development, Linux system-level fundamentals and containers
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- 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
Additional details
- Location: This team is based in the APAC region, these remote roles can be filled from anywhere in APAC time zones.
- Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
- Originally posted on Himalayas
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.