Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go)

Canonical; London; Remote; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to enhance process efficiency and develop team members. This role requires expertise in Go, excellent communication skills in English, and a passion for software quality. The position is remote with a chance to travel globally for team events. The company values diversity and offers competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a distributed system.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Debug issues and engage with upstream communities.

Skills

Professional software delivery using Go

Excellent communication skills in English

Experience with agile software development methodologies

Education

Exceptional academic track record from high school and university

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

C

C++

Rust

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with + colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, assisting the manager in running the team, coaching and developing colleagues with less experience, as well as owning functional areas from design and implementation to support and maintenance.

As a senior software engineer, you'll be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, assisting the manager in running the team, coaching and developing colleagues with less experience, as well as owning functional areas from design and implementation all the way to support and maintenance.

Juju is the engine behind model-driven operations, providing a means to operate complex software on public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal. Combined with the Ops framework, Juju provides a complete solution for applications and infrastructure management.

Many internal and external teams depend on Juju to deliver their products and services - from Canonical Managed Solutions, our OpenStack and cloud delivery teams, to Fortune companies.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

What your day will look like

1. Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale.
2. Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
3. Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
4. Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields
5. Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
6. Coach and develop team members with less experience, actively contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team.
7. Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

1. Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
2. Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments
3. An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
4. Experience with agile software development methodologies
5. Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Additional skills that you might also bring

The following skills may be helpful to you in the role, but we don't expect everyone to bring all of them.

• Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience doing development in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level programming languages.
• Solid networking background and experience
• Experience in the Linux and open-source software world
• Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.)
• Working knowledge of cloud computing
• Passionate about software quality and testing
• Experience with 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

What we offer you

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. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since !
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2, 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