Open Source Container & Virtualization Engineer

Canonical; Auckland; Remote; NZD 204,000 - 305,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

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

Job summary

A leading open-source technology company in Auckland is seeking skilled engineers to work on cutting-edge container and virtualisation technologies. These roles require an exceptional academic background and experience in relevant technologies. You will design features, conduct security evaluations, and collaborate with global teams. The company offers a distributed work environment and significant learning opportunities. Applicants must possess strong coding skills and the ability to engage with upstream communities. Competitive compensation and a supportive workplace culture are offered.

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations.
• Experience working on open‑source virtualisation or container technology.
• Experience working in the kernel or very low‑level system.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self‑motivation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events up to two weeks each.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach.
• Engage with upstream communities in your area of expertise.
• Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defence in depth.
• Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimise your product.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high‑quality code to create new features.
• Debug issues and produce high‑quality code to fix them.
• Review code produced by other engineers.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.

Job description

A leading open-source technology company in Auckland is seeking skilled engineers to work on cutting-edge container and virtualisation technologies. These roles require an exceptional academic background and experience in relevant technologies. You will design features, conduct security evaluations, and collaborate with global teams. The company offers a distributed work environment and significant learning opportunities. Applicants must possess strong coding skills and the ability to engage with upstream communities. Competitive compensation and a supportive workplace culture are offered.