Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers

🕒 July 29, 2025

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Canonical

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. • We are hiring a Go (Golang) Software Engineer, Developer Tooling and Containers to work on a new open-source developer experience tool. • 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. • Our ultimate goal is to free developers from the hours of tedious environment setup across multiple industry domains such as Robotics, MLOps, IoT.

🎯 Requirements

• You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++ • You know Linux system-level fundamentals, for example, cgroups and namespaces • 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 • Experience with LXC/LXD • Experience with AI/ML and/or CUDA/OpenVINO • Knowledge of system and language package managers internals

🏖️ 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 • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Maternity and paternity leave • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events