Senior Engineer

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

• This is a general track for Senior Engineer or above in any team at Canonical. • Canonical delivers open source to the world across every class of compute. • In our levelling framework, a Senior Engineer is not only an outstanding software architect and coder, they also demonstrate the leadership qualities needed. • A Senior Engineer partners with an Engineering Manager, who is also code-capable. • We hire based on academic results and proven product execution. • In this role, you will make a significant contribution through high-quality code, technical leadership, team motivation and direction. • As a Senior Engineer, you'll drive the architecture, design and evolution of high-impact open source. • Our teams work at every level of the stack. • You'll have the opportunity to work on complex but highly rewarding projects. • This role will give you the opportunity to engage with the broader open-source community.

🎯 Requirements

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations • Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace • Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule • Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community • Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python or C • Subject matter expertise in your engineering domain • Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance • Professional written and spoken English • Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred) • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability • Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation • Excellent communication and presentation skills • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

🏖️ 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