Graduate Software Engineer – Open Source, Global Remote

Canonical; United States; Remote; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning & development budget

Annual compensation review

Twice-yearly team sprints in person

Maternity & paternity leave

Job summary

Canonical is hiring 2025 and 2026 Graduate Software Engineers to join engineering teams worldwide. Our platform includes Ubuntu, with teams working on Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++, JavaScript and Bash across topics from BIOS to containers.

You will join a globally remote workforce with periodic in-person sprints, contribute to open source and commercial projects, and grow through varied challenges in high-impact environments.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in CS, BI, Math or STEM with programming courses.
• Proficiency in Python, Rust, C/C++, Golang, JavaScript or Java.
• Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution.
• Personal projects in technology beyond the curriculum.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Responsibilities

• Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months.
• Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps.
• Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of daily users.
• Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge.
• Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers.
• Responding to customer issues as a priority, develop an understanding of enterprise requirements.
• Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation.

Skills

Python

Rust

C/C++

Golang

JavaScript

Java

Linux knowledge

English proficient

Education

Undergraduate degree in CS/BI/Math or STEM with programming courses

Job description

Canonical is hiring 2025 and 2026 Graduate Software Engineers to join engineering teams worldwide. Our platform includes Ubuntu, with teams working on Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++, JavaScript and Bash across topics from BIOS to containers.

You will join a globally remote workforce with periodic in-person sprints, contribute to open source and commercial projects, and grow through varied challenges in high-impact environments.