Performance Engineer - Open Source

March 16

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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. • We have created a new career path at Canonical for Performance Engineers who bring exceptional clarity to software performance, correctness and efficiency. • As an open source platform, we have teams that work at every level of the software stack - from the kernel up through server and desktop applications, all the way to the web. • Our goal is to ensure that Ubuntu users can select whatever platform they want for their workloads and know they have access to the very best performance and efficiency across the entire stack from kernel to codec. • This is a career path for perfectionists and precision artists. We will enable performance and correctness engineers to move between products every two years. • Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source.

🎯 Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics • Demonstrable personal initiatives to measure and improve performance, efficiency and correctness in code • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation • Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results • Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship • Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives • The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills • Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred) • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability • Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

🏖️ 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 • Employee Assistance Programme • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events