Senior Go Engineer - Distributed Cloud Automation (Remote)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Twice-yearly sprints in person

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities to meet teams

Travel upgrades with Priority Pass

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive design, implementation, and maintenance of highly concurrent distributed systems using Go. You will coach teammates, run agile processes, and collaborate with a globally distributed team across cloud and open source initiatives.

This remote-first role involves working with Juju and cloud platforms, contributing to open source projects, and ensuring high-quality software delivery while supporting customers and internal teams.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
• Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems.
• Excellent communication skills in English, both verbal and written.
• Exceptional academic track record from 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 highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly.
• Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
• Coach and develop team members with less experience, actively contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team.
• Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

Skills

Go

Distributed systems

English communication

Agile methodologies

Travel willingness

Education

Academic excellence (high school & university)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Terraform

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive design, implementation, and maintenance of highly concurrent distributed systems using Go. You will coach teammates, run agile processes, and collaborate with a globally distributed team across cloud and open source initiatives.

This remote-first role involves working with Juju and cloud platforms, contributing to open source projects, and ensuring high-quality software delivery while supporting customers and internal teams.