Senior Open-Source Software Engineer — Remote

Canonical Ltd.; Greater London; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Wellness platform

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Senior+ Engineer to drive architecture and code across open source projects. You will work on the Ubuntu ecosystem, influence design choices, and mentor a globally distributed team. Location is remote with global travel twice a year for company events.

You should have an outstanding academic record, a STEM degree, and deep experience in Go, Rust, Python or C. We value leadership, communication, and a passion for open source.

Qualifications

• Academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Technical leadership and ability to motivate and direct teams
• Deep experience with Go, Rust, Python or C
• Excellent communication in professional English
• Willingness to travel twice a year for company events up to two weeks each

Responsibilities

• Leading design and architecture of an impactful open source project
• Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React
• Collaborating with a globally distributed team
• Mentoring, developing and advising colleagues in their career progression
• Demonstrating technical leadership within Canonical and communities
• Debugging issues and delivering high-quality code
• Contributing to technical documentation to make it outstanding
• Working from home with global travel twice yearly for company events

Skills

Go

Rust

Python

C

Technical leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Senior+ Engineer to drive architecture and code across open source projects. You will work on the Ubuntu ecosystem, influence design choices, and mentor a globally distributed team. Location is remote with global travel twice a year for company events.

You should have an outstanding academic record, a STEM degree, and deep experience in Go, Rust, Python or C. We value leadership, communication, and a passion for open source.