Junior Ubuntu Engineer (Remote) - Open Source Builder

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-friendly roles

Job summary

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation—the team building and shipping open source software. You could work on development, packaging, testing and delivery across Rust, Go, Python and C/C++.

We value academic excellence, a CS/STEM background, or a compelling alternative path, and a strong passion for open source. We operate with a globally distributed team and remote-first roles; English communication is essential for collaboration

Qualifications

• Academic track record from high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in CS or STEM, or compelling alternative path.
• Drive and willingness to go above expectations.
• Passion for open source software.
• Experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++.
• Professional written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship software in Rust, Go, Python and C/C++.
• Package, integrate, test and upload open source software to the Ubuntu repositories.
• Debugging issues and delivering robust solutions.
• Authoring and improving technical and community documentation.
• Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects.
• Collaborating as part of a globally distributed team.
• Continuously learning and progressing technical and professional skills.

Skills

Rust

Go

Python

C/C++

Flutter

Open source

Education

Undergraduate CS or STEM

Alternative path accepted

Job description

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation—the team building and shipping open source software. You could work on development, packaging, testing and delivery across Rust, Go, Python and C/C++.

We value academic excellence, a CS/STEM background, or a compelling alternative path, and a strong passion for open source. We operate with a globally distributed team and remote-first roles; English communication is essential for collaboration