Junior Open Source Software Engineer — Remote

Higlobe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual pay review

Holiday leave

Parental leave

Wellness program

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to support the Ubuntu Engineering organization. You will work across Foundations, Server, Desktop, and Debcrafters, contributing to design, packaging, testing and shipping of open source software.

We value strong academic backgrounds and open source passion. Roles are remote in various time zones, with biannual in-person team sprints to align on strategy and execution.

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record in 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.
• A passion for open source software.
• Experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to travel twice a year for events up to two weeks.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship software in Rust, Go, Python and C/C++.
• Package, integrate, test and upload open source software to Ubuntu repositories.
• Debug issues and deliver robust solutions.
• Author and improve technical and community documentation.
• Contribute to upstream and neighboring open source projects.
• Collaborate as part of a globally distributed team.
• Continuously learn and progress technical and professional skills.

Skills

Rust

Go

Python

Flutter

C/C++

English proficiency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Linux

Job description

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to support the Ubuntu Engineering organization. You will work across Foundations, Server, Desktop, and Debcrafters, contributing to design, packaging, testing and shipping of open source software.

We value strong academic backgrounds and open source passion. Roles are remote in various time zones, with biannual in-person team sprints to align on strategy and execution.