Senior Open Source Engineer - Remote
Canonical Ltd.
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Job summary
Canonical is seeking a Senior+ Engineer to contribute architectural leadership and high-quality code across open source projects. You will collaborate with globally distributed teams, mentor juniors, and drive technical direction from design to delivery.
Location is remote with opportunities to travel for company events. We value academic excellence, strong coding skills in Go/Rust/Python/C, and a passion for open source and scalable systems.
Qualifications
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM or equivalent demonstration of path
- Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python or C
- Strong leadership, mentoring and communication skills
Responsibilities
- Leading design and architecture of impactful open source projects
- Coding in Go, Rust, Python, C/C++ or TS/React
- Collaborating with a globally distributed team
- Mentoring colleagues in career progression
- Demonstrating technical leadership within Canonical and communities
- Debugging issues and delivering high-quality code
- Contributing to technical documentation to set a high standard
- Working from home with global travel for company events twice annually
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Job description
Canonical is seeking a Senior+ Engineer to contribute architectural leadership and high-quality code across open source projects. You will collaborate with globally distributed teams, mentor juniors, and drive technical direction from design to delivery.
Location is remote with opportunities to travel for company events. We value academic excellence, strong coding skills in Go/Rust/Python/C, and a passion for open source and scalable systems.
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