Linux Software Engineer

July 2

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Canonical

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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.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

• Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. • The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. • The role entails collaborating with a distributed team, writing high quality code, debugging Linux system level issues, reviewing code, and working on robustness. • This role requires an obsession with quality and performance, for work at the heart of the operating system.

🎯 Requirements

• You love technology and working with brilliant people • You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable • You value soft skills, are thoughtful and self-motivated • You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree • You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++ • You know Linux system-level fundamentals, e.g. cgroups, namespaces, apparmor • Commitment to software testing, code reviews and maintainable code

🏖️ 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