Remote Graduate Software Engineer: Open Source & Linux

Canonical; Douglas; Remote; GBP 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2000/year

Annual compensation review

Travel opportunities

Team sprints in person

Job summary

Canonical is recruiting a Graduate Software Engineer to work remotely across time zones with global teams. You will contribute to open source and Linux projects, escalating your learning through pair programming and in-house mentoring.

The role offers cross-team collaboration, exposure to enterprise-scale problems, and opportunities to travel for team sprints twice yearly. We value exceptional academics, Linux familiarity, and strong English communication as you develop your software engineering

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses.
• Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution.
• Personal projects in technology and software engineering beyond the curriculum.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Responsibilities

• Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months.
• Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps.
• Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of daily users.
• Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge.
• Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers.
• Responding to customer issues as a priority, developing an understanding of enterprise requirements.
• Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation.

Skills

Ubuntu/Linux experience

Academic excellence

English communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate CS/STEM degree

Job description

Canonical is recruiting a Graduate Software Engineer to work remotely across time zones with global teams. You will contribute to open source and Linux projects, escalating your learning through pair programming and in-house mentoring.

The role offers cross-team collaboration, exposure to enterprise-scale problems, and opportunities to travel for team sprints twice yearly. We value exceptional academics, Linux familiarity, and strong English communication as you develop your software engineering