Open Source Virtualization & Container Engineer (Remote)

Canonical; Wichita (KS); Remote; USD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Job summary

A leading open source software company is looking for exceptional software engineers for remote roles focused on virtualization and container technologies. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Go, Rust, C/C++, and Python, with experience in kernel development and open source. Responsibilities include designing features, conducting security analysis, and writing high-quality code. The company promotes a collaborative distributed environment and offers a personal learning budget, annual compensation reviews, and unique travel opportunities for team events.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
• Experience working in the kernel or very low level system.
• Professional written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach.
• Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defense in depth.
• Write high quality code to create new features.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.

Skills

Go

Rust

C/C++

Python

Linux

Interpersonal skills

Performance engineering

Security experience

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

A leading open source software company is looking for exceptional software engineers for remote roles focused on virtualization and container technologies. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Go, Rust, C/C++, and Python, with experience in kernel development and open source. Responsibilities include designing features, conducting security analysis, and writing high-quality code. The company promotes a collaborative distributed environment and offers a personal learning budget, annual compensation reviews, and unique travel opportunities for team events.