Senior Open Source Engineer & Technical Leader (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.; Doha; Remote; QAR 350,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed team sprints twice a year

Learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental leave

Wellness platform & support

Travel to new locations for events

Travel upgrades and priority passes

Job summary

Canonical is seeking Senior+ Engineers for a range of teams, with a remote-first approach and global collaboration. You will influence architecture, drive high-quality code, and mentor others while engaging with the broader open-source community.

Roles are remote with biannual in-person events and travel. You should demonstrate an exceptional academic record, a CS/STEM degree or strong alternative path, and leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Strong academic track record at school and university.
• Experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python, or C.
• Proven leadership and ability to mentor peers.

Responsibilities

• Leading design and architecture of an impactful open source project
• Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React
• Collaborating with a globally distributed team
• Mentoring, developing and advising colleagues in their career progression
• Showing technical leadership within Canonical and communities
• Debugging issues and delivering high-quality code
• Contributing to technical documentation to be best-in-class
• Working from home with global travel twice annually for events

Skills

Academic excellence

Go/Rust/Python/C

English communication

Leadership

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

LXD

OpenStack

Job description

Canonical is seeking Senior+ Engineers for a range of teams, with a remote-first approach and global collaboration. You will influence architecture, drive high-quality code, and mentor others while engaging with the broader open-source community.

Roles are remote with biannual in-person events and travel. You should demonstrate an exceptional academic record, a CS/STEM degree or strong alternative path, and leadership experience.