Remote Junior Ubuntu Software Engineer - Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation. You will contribute to designing, building and shipping foundational systems software and applications across Rust, Go, Flutter, and Python.

Remote roles are available in every time zone, with in-person team gatherings a few times a year. You will join a globally distributed engineering team, sharing knowledge and contributing to the Ubuntu repositories and open source projects.

Qualifications

• Academic excellence with strong records in high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM.
• Drive and a proven willingness to go beyond expectations.
• Passion for open source software.
• Experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Willingness to travel twice a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• Design, build and ship software in Rust, Go, Python and C/C++.
• Packaging, integrating, testing and uploading open source software to the Ubuntu repositories.
• Collaborate as part of a globally distributed team.
• Contribute to upstream and neighboring open source projects.
• Document and communicate technical work clearly.

Skills

Academic excellence

English communication

Team collaboration

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Rust

Go

Python

Flutter

C/C++

Job description

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation. You will contribute to designing, building and shipping foundational systems software and applications across Rust, Go, Flutter, and Python.

Remote roles are available in every time zone, with in-person team gatherings a few times a year. You will join a globally distributed engineering team, sharing knowledge and contributing to the Ubuntu repositories and open source projects.