Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the 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. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. This is a general track for Senior+ (Senior/Staff/Principal) Engineers in any team at Canonical. After the first round of interviews, we will establish which teams might be an excellent fit, and progress your application with them. At Canonical, a Senior+ Engineer is not only an outstanding software architect and coder, they also demonstrate the leadership qualities needed to rally a team or department to ship outstanding products. A Senior+ Engineer partners with other Engineering leaders (Managers, Directors, VPs) to take joint responsibility for outcomes at team, department, and company level. As a Senior+ Engineer, you will make a significant contribution in Canonical's portfolio through high-quality code, technical leadership, team motivation, and direction, exceptional design, and crisp documentation. You will drive the architecture, design, and evolution of high-impact open source software. Responsibilities Leading design and architecture of an impactful open source project Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React Collaborating proactively with a globally distributed team Mentoring, developing, and advising colleagues in their career progression Displaying technical leadership in Canonical and our communities Debugging issues and producing high-quality code to fix them Contributing to technical documentation with the aim to make it the best of its kind Working from home with global travel twice annually for company events 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 Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python, or C Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance Excellent communication skills including professional written and spoken English Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each Nice-to-have skills Container technologies such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes Highly concurrent, distributed systems Performance engineering – from kernel to web – benchmarks, optimization Software security – fuzzing, tabletop threat models, analysis, audit Build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation Public clouds or OpenStack Debian/Ubuntu packaging Systems programming or scalable web services Deep quality and test engineering Web or Flutter front-end experience REST and gRPC API experience SQL and NoSQL data store expertise What we offer 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 Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration. #J-18808-Ljbffr