Senior Go Engineer — Distributed Cloud & Juju Ops

Canonical Ltd.; Helsinki; Remote; EUR 108,000 - 162,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Remote-first culture

Holiday leave

Travel opportunities

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, delivery, and maintenance of highly concurrent distributed systems used for cloud automation. The role involves coaching teammates, collaborating across a global team, and contributing to Juju and related open source projects.

You will work in a globally remote setup, travel occasionally for internal and external events, and collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines to deliver scalable software solutions.

Qualifications

• Proven track record delivering professional software with Go.
• Experience building highly concurrent distributed systems.
• Excellent English communication, written and spoken.
• Strong academic record.
• Experience with agile software development.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times per year for events.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, distributed system for cloud automation.
• Collaborate with a distributed team across locations.
• Debug issues and engage with upstream communities publicly.
• Work with engineers to design and implement robust solutions.
• Mentor and develop junior team members.

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

English communication

Agile methodologies

Travel willingness

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead design, delivery, and maintenance of highly concurrent distributed systems used for cloud automation. The role involves coaching teammates, collaborating across a global team, and contributing to Juju and related open source projects.

You will work in a globally remote setup, travel occasionally for internal and external events, and collaborate with engineers across multiple disciplines to deliver scalable software solutions.