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.ResponsibilitiesLeading design and architecture of an impactful open source projectCoding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / ReactCollaborating proactively with a globally distributed teamMentoring, developing, and advising colleagues in their career progressionDisplaying technical leadership in Canonical and our communitiesDebugging issues and producing high-quality code to fix themContributing to technical documentation with the aim to make it the best of its kindWorking from home with global travel twice annually for company eventsRequirementsAn exceptional academic track record from both high school and universityUndergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative pathDrive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectationsTechnical leadership as well as team motivation, direction, and paceDeep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python, or CConscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performanceExcellent communication skills including professional written and spoken EnglishExcellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountabilityAbility to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks eachNice-to-have skillsContainer technologies such as LXD, Docker, and KubernetesHighly concurrent, distributed systemsPerformance engineering – from kernel to web – benchmarks, optimizationSoftware security – fuzzing, tabletop threat models, analysis, auditBuild systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilationPublic clouds or OpenStackDebian/Ubuntu packagingSystems programming or scalable web servicesDeep quality and test engineeringWeb or Flutter front-end experienceREST and gRPC API experienceSQL and NoSQL data store expertiseWhat we offerDistributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in personPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per yearAnnual compensation reviewRecognition rewardsAnnual holiday leaveMaternity and paternity leaveTeam Member Assistance Program & Wellness PlatformOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleaguesPriority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company eventsCanonical 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-*****-Ljbffr