Remote-First Graduate Linux Software Engineer – Open Source

Company : Canonical

South Africa

Remote

ZAR 350,000 - 520,000

Full time

14 days+

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Job summary

Canonical is seeking passionate and high-performing Graduate Software Engineers for 2024 and 2025 to join its globally distributed teams working on open source and Linux technologies. This remote-first opportunity offers exposure to a wide range of software engineering challenges—from low-level Linux systems and firmware to desktop applications, containers, and supercomputing environments.

Engineers contribute to open source projects and participate in global sprints.

Qualifications

Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses.
Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution.
Personal projects in technology and software engineering beyond the curriculum.
Professional written and spoken English.
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.

Responsibilities

Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months.
Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps.
Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of daily users.
Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge.
Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers.
Responding to customer issues as a priority, develop an understanding of enterprise requirements.
Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation.