Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go)

The role

You will own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system for cloud automation. You will also coach less experienced colleagues and drive process improvement within the team.

What you will do

• Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Coach and develop team members with less experience
• Drive process improvement
• Assist the manager in running the team
• Own functional areas from design and implementation to support and maintenance

Required qualifications

• Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go
• Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems
• Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Nice to have

• 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

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, including the Ubuntu platform. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries.