Senior Engineering Consultant

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for 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. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. We are hiring Golang engineers of all levels of seniority, for all relevant teams at Canonical. Apply here if you are an exceptional software engineer who prefers to work in Go. After the first round of interviews we’ll find the best fit product team at Canonical for you to progress your application based on your personal interests.
Canonical prefers Golang for software where performance and security are primary considerations. We also have substantial projects in Python, C, C++ and are starting to invest in Rust. For front-end development we prefer React and Flutter.
Golang is an essential language for our engineering teams, who build the systems that deliver Ubuntu to the world. From our software distribution systems, to those which build and test every possible kind of open source on every architecture, from our systems management tools to our distributed systems operations R&D, we count on Golang for its tasteful concurrency and developer ecosystem. We expect the highest engineering standards and strong motivation to get things done well in a fully remote and distributed environment. These roles require extensive personal experience with Linux - the more different versions of Linux the better!
Location : we have open roles for Golang engineers in every time zone
Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go
Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux
Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs
Professional written and spoken English
Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Experience developing for Ubuntu Linux
Performance engineering and security experience
We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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