Remote Golang Engineer - Open Source Linux

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual review

Holiday leave

Travel opportunities

EAP

Job summary

Canonical is hiring Golang engineers for remote, globally distributed teams. You’ll design, implement and review high-quality Go software running on Linux, with opportunities to contribute to Juju, LXD, Microk8s, Snapd, and Ubuntu Pro.

We value excellent English communication, a strong academic record or compelling path, and the ability to collaborate across time zones. Roles are fully remote and international, with in-person meetups a few times per year.

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
• Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule.
• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community.
• Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux.
• Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level.
• For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go.
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users.
• Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews.
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications.
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices.
• In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team.
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy.

Skills

Golang

Linux

Distributed systems

English

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Juju

LXD

Microk8s

Snapd

Ubuntu Core

Ubuntu Pro

Job description

Canonical is hiring Golang engineers for remote, globally distributed teams. You’ll design, implement and review high-quality Go software running on Linux, with opportunities to contribute to Juju, LXD, Microk8s, Snapd, and Ubuntu Pro.

We value excellent English communication, a strong academic record or compelling path, and the ability to collaborate across time zones. Roles are fully remote and international, with in-person meetups a few times per year.