Senior Software Engineer - Python/Golang - Kubernetes

Canonical; United States; A distancia; MXN 1.048.584 - 1.485.494; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Descripción de la vacante

Canonical is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Kubernetes product team. This role involves developing operators and addons for Kubernetes, ensuring a seamless integration for users. The position is remote, catering to engineers in the Americas and EMEA.

The ideal candidate will excel in Golang and Python, have experience with Kubernetes, and possess strong communication skills. Additional perks include a personal learning budget of USD 2,000 annually and opportunities for global travel to meet colleagues.

Formación

• Must be a Golang developer fluent in Python.
• Experience with Kubernetes is required.
• Strong communication skills are essential.

Responsabilidades

• Work closely with leads assuming joint responsibility.
• Mentor colleagues and develop their career progression.
• Write high-quality code to create new features.
• Debug issues and interact with the community.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.

Conocimientos

Golang development

Fluent in Python

Experience with Kubernetes

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Loves technology

Educación

Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

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 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 1000+ colleagues in 70+ 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 join our Kubernetes product team. As a member of that team, you will build the operators and addons; the former, offering complete lifecycle management of mission-critical components, and the latter, a zero‑ops experience for seamlessly integrating projects into your Kubernetes.

You will gain familiarity with the latest features in Kubernetes and look to incorporate the best of open‑source to bring functionality to our end‑users. You will collaborate with industry peers and partners to bring the right solutions to our customers.

This is an exciting opportunity for a senior software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Golang, Python and Kubernetes.

Location

Remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

What You Will Focus On

• Work closely with other leads, assuming joint responsibility for outcomes at the team, department, and company level.
• Mentor, develop, and advise colleagues on their career progression.
• Write high‑quality code to create new features.
• Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

What We Are Looking For In You

• Golang developer also fluent in Python.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree.
• Loves technology and working with brilliant people.

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 programmes to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• 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.