Senior Software Engineer - packaging - optimize Ubuntu Server

Canonical; Hermosillo; Presencial; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Join a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of open source software, where you will work with a talented team to maintain and evolve Ubuntu Server. This role offers the chance to engage in innovative projects, collaborate globally, and contribute to a software ecosystem that impacts users worldwide. With a strong emphasis on personal growth and development, you will have access to a generous learning budget and the opportunity to travel to exciting locations for team sprints. If you are passionate about technology and open source, this is an exciting opportunity to shape the future of Ubuntu while working in a flexible, remote-first environment.

Servicios

Personal Learning Budget of USD 2,000

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Annual Holiday Leave

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel Opportunities

Priority Pass for Travel

Travel Upgrades for Company Events

Formación

• 5+ years of experience in software engineering and open source contributions.
• Proficient in multiple programming languages and packaging ecosystems.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate within a distributed team to maintain Ubuntu Server packages.
• Evaluate contributions to uphold high-quality software standards.

Conocimientos

Open Source Contributions

C/C++

Python

Rust

Go

Ruby

PHP

Soft Skills

Educación

Bachelor's in Computer Science

STEM Degree

Herramientas

Containers

Virtual Machines

Debian Package Management

RPM Package Management

Descripción del empleo

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 1200+ 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.

Canonical's Ubuntu Engineering Server Team is looking for open source enthusiasts to help build the distro of the future. The Server Team maintains and packages a wide variety of software including webservers, databases, and virtualization and containerization stacks. This is an exciting opportunity for you, a software engineer passionate about open source software. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company and help us to bring free software to the widest audience.

Ubuntu Server is a platform that enables amazing technology the whole world over, and is the #1 operating system in the public clouds. Applicants to this role will have the opportunity to help with everything that goes into evolving Ubuntu. You will get to work with our experienced team and have the benefits of learning and growing alongside the best engineers in the business.

The role entails:

• Collaborating proactively within a distributed team
• Fostering a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
• Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards
• Playing a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere
• Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
• Owning the maintenance of Ubuntu Server packages, specifically but not limited to:
• Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc.)
• Virtualisation and Containers
• Package management and dependencies
• Language runtimes and toolchains
• Work from home with global travel of 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you:

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• Interest or experience in open source maintenance or contributions
• Able to replay complex workloads and systems, and able to write detailed test plans and reproducibility steps
• Feel comfortable contributing and debugging many languages such as C/C++, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, PHP
• Experience in packaging in one or more ecosystems, which could include language-specific systems (Python wheels, Rust Crates, Go Modules, or other equivalents) or any distro package format (deb, rpm, NixOS, or other equivalents)
• Experience using and creating containers and virtual machines
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher) or equivalent professional experience (5+ years of professional experience)

What we offer colleagues:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• 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 to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical:

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer:

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.