Linux devices software engineer - snapd

Canonical; Columbus (OH); Remote; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative software company is seeking a passionate Linux devices software engineer to join their SnapD team. This role focuses on writing high-quality Golang code for mission-critical applications, emphasizing software delivery, security, and device management. You'll collaborate with a talented team, debug system-level issues, and contribute to the open-source community. With a commitment to quality and performance, this position offers the chance to work from home and engage in global travel. If you're eager to make an impact in the tech world, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Benefits

Learning and development allowances

Competitive salary

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Generous annual leave

Paid maternity, paternity, and sick leave

Priority Pass for travel

Exposure to international business and technology

Qualifications

• Experience in professional software development using Go, Python, C, or C++.
• Strong knowledge of Linux system-level fundamentals like cgroups and namespaces.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team to write high-quality code.
• Debug Linux system-level issues and produce robust solutions.
• Review code produced by other engineers and provide feedback.

Skills

Golang

Linux system-level fundamentals

Python

C

C++

Software testing

Code reviews

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science

STEM or related field

Job description

Join to apply for the Linux devices software engineer - snapd role at Canonical.

Work on mission-critical Golang code, focused on software delivery, containers, security sandboxing, telemetry, and device management as a software engineer on our SnapD team.

Snaps are next-generation software packaging and delivery for Linux, designed for safety, security, and robustness, with application-specific confinement of containers optimized for IoT devices, desktops, and servers. Our goal is that snaps work across multiple Linux flavors to ensure that publishers have the simplest way to reach the whole Linux world.

This role requires an obsession with quality and performance, for work at the heart of the operating system. It also requires an interest in the software publishing and consumption experience. Applicants should be passionate about open source software development. We value collaboration, peer reviews, good unit/integration testing, and maintainable code. General knowledge and experience with Linux as a developer platform is required. Having previous experience with Golang is highly desirable.

What you'll do

1. Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
2. Write high-quality code to create new features
3. Debug Linux system-level issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
4. Review code produced by other engineers
5. Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
6. Obsess over how to achieve robustness despite unexpected events like power outages
7. Work from home with global travel for up to two weeks, twice a year

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills, are thoughtful and self-motivated
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a related field
• You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
• You know Linux system-level fundamentals, e.g., cgroups, namespaces, apparmor
• Commitment to software testing, code reviews, and maintainable code

About Canonical

Canonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu. Canonical is a unique tech company — global, remote-first, open source, with 1100 professionals across 70 countries. We aim to be the world's best, not biggest, global software company. With almost every team remote by default, Canonical sets the pace for the 21st-century digital workplace.

• Work from home
• Learning and development allowances
• Competitive salary
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Generous annual leave
• Paid maternity, paternity, and sick leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Exposure to international business and technology

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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