Global Microservices Engineer (Go/Python) - Remote

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Twice-yearly in-person team sprints

Annual compensation review

Employee travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is a pioneering open-source software company behind Ubuntu. We hire globally and operate with mostly remote roles, meeting twice yearly in person at locations around the world.

We are recruiting for back-end engineers focused on REST APIs in Go and Python, designing scalable services, and improving performance, reliability, and security. Strong educational background and proficiency in Python/Go are essential.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency in Python and Go; building scalable REST APIs.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases and CI/CD.
• Experience with Linux environments (Debian/Ubuntu preferred).

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, scalable backend services in Go and Python.
• Design APIs and software architecture for peer review.
• Write tests and ensure reliability and performance.
• Collaborate with globally distributed team and contribute to DevOps practices.
• Travel twice yearly for company events.

Skills

Python

Go

Relational databases

Non-relational databases

CI/CD

Systems programming or scalable web

Linux (Debian/Ubuntu)

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

Canonical is a pioneering open-source software company behind Ubuntu. We hire globally and operate with mostly remote roles, meeting twice yearly in person at locations around the world.

We are recruiting for back-end engineers focused on REST APIs in Go and Python, designing scalable services, and improving performance, reliability, and security. Strong educational background and proficiency in Python/Go are essential.