Open Source Container & Virtualization Engineer

Canonical; Calgary; Remote; CAD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Job summary

A leading open source software provider is seeking software engineers in Calgary, Alberta, to work on virtualisation and container technology. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Go, Rust, or C/C++, and a background in Linux systems. Responsibilities include designing new features, collaborating with teams, conducting security analyses, and debugging code. Canonical offers a distributed work environment with travel opportunities and a personal learning budget. Join us to contribute to next-generation technologies in a diverse and innovative workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience working on open-source virtualisation or container technology.
• Experience working in the kernel or very low-level systems.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach.
• Engage with upstream communities in your area of expertise.
• Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defence in depth.
• Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimise your product.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code to create new features.
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them.
• Review code produced by other engineers.

Skills

Go

Rust

C/C++

Python

Linux (Debian or Ubuntu)

Performance engineering

Security experience

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

A leading open source software provider is seeking software engineers in Calgary, Alberta, to work on virtualisation and container technology. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Go, Rust, or C/C++, and a background in Linux systems. Responsibilities include designing new features, collaborating with teams, conducting security analyses, and debugging code. Canonical offers a distributed work environment with travel opportunities and a personal learning budget. Join us to contribute to next-generation technologies in a diverse and innovative workplace.