Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers to work on a new open-source developer experience tool. We are rethinking typical developer workflows, trying to preserve what people love about traditional Linux while enabling people to work better in immutable distro environments, as well as with remote cloud resources. You'll join to work on a product that is deeply and securely integrated with Ubuntu desktop, modern IDEs, and SDKs from publishers like NVIDIA, Intel, AMD and others. Our ultimate goal is to free developers from the hours of tedious environment setup across multiple industry domains such as Robotics, MLOps, IoT. Come help us to make Ubuntu the greatest platform for software engineers!

The role implies a deep interest in crafting tools for software engineers. It requires taste in experience design, and will benefit from experience with professional Linux based software development, Linux system-level fundamentals and containers. As a team, we value intellectual honesty in decision-making, peer reviews, and writing clear and maintainable code. While we are building a full team including senior, junior and entry-level roles, the senior roles require a strong understanding of containers and the kernel semantics and capabilities that underpin them.

Location: This team is based in the APAC region, these remote roles can be filled from anywhere in APAC time zones.

The role entails

Design the user experience of new capabilities in the tool

Write high-quality code to create new features

Obsess with correctness and robustness of your work for diverse use cases

Go the extra mile in making sure the software you create addresses a well-defined problem

Think carefully through implementation strategy from the perspective of performance, quality and security

Work with teams both inside and outside of Canonical

What we are looking for in you

You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++

You know Linux system-level fundamentals, for example, cgroups and namespaces

In addition:

You are curious, thoughtful, articulate, and accountable

Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path

Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation

Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

Experience with LXC/LXD