Cloud Engineering Architect: Own High-Concurrent Distributed Systems Development

CANONICAL 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.

The company has 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.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, assisting the manager in running the team, coaching and developing colleagues with less experience, as well as owning functional areas from design and implementation all the way to support and maintenance.

• You'll drive process improvement, assist the manager in running the team, coach and develop colleagues with less experience, as well as own functional areas from design and implementation all the way to support and maintenance.
• You'll be responsible for designing, delivering, and supporting features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale.

Juju is the engine behind model-driven operations, providing a means to operate complex software on public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal.

Many internal and external teams depend on Juju to deliver their products and services - from managed solutions, our OpenStack and cloud delivery teams, to Fortune 500 companies.

This is a globally remote role, allowing you to work from anywhere while still being part of a collaborative team.

Your responsibilities will include collaborating proactively with a distributed team, debugging issues, interacting with upstream communities publicly, working with helpful and talented engineers, discussing ideas, and contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team.

• You should have a proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
• You should have hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems.
• You should have excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments.
• You should have an exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university.
• You should have experience with agile software development methodologies.
• You should be willing to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Additional skills that may be helpful in this role include experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.), experience doing development in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level programming languages, solid networking background and experience, experience in the Linux and open-source software world, experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.), working knowledge of cloud computing, passionate about software quality and testing, experience with packaging (Debian, snaps), programming with, and operating, SQL and NoSQL databases, experience working on a distributed team on an open source project, and demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions.

We offer a distributed work environment, personal learning and development budget, annual compensation review, recognition rewards, annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance program, opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, and priority pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events.

About Us

We're a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We recruit on a global basis and set a high standard for people joining our organization. We expect excellence in order to succeed.

We've been a remote-first company since our inception in 2004. Work with us is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

We're proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we give your application fair consideration.