Golang System Software Engineer - Containers​/Virtualisation

Golang System Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualisation

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems for enterprises and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. We work with leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders. We have over 1000 colleagues in more than 70 countries, with few office‑based roles and occasional in‑person meetings.

The mission of the LXD team is to build a next‑generation private cloud infrastructure, combining KVM, Ceph, and SDN technologies to create a data‑center‑scale cloud that "just works" and provides a mission‑critical cloud for edge and core enterprise deployments. We are hiring a Golang software engineer to work on low‑level Go code between our REST API and the low‑level C libraries that manage containers and virtual machines.

The role requires experience in design and data management/modeling and an understanding of system‐level development.

Location
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This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

• Design, implement and document system level Go code
• Model data, design database schema and implement data storage in a dqlite (SQL) database
• Maintain code quality through static analysis, unit and system tests
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2‑4 weeks per year for internal and external events

• Experience programming in Go and C
• Knowledgeable in networking and storage technologies
• Experience with two or more of: cloud computing, virtualisation, containers, distributed systems, open source community
• Curious, flexible, articulate and accountable
• Values soft skills and is enterprising, thoughtful and self‑motivated
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

• 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

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.