Senior Juju Software Engineer; Go
Dubai, Dubai, UAE/Dubai
Listed on 2025-12-11
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Software Development
Software Engineer, DevOps, Cloud Engineer - Software, Senior Developer
Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go)
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, coaching and developing colleagues, and owning functional areas from design and implementation to support and maintenance.
LocationThis is a globally remote role.
What your day will look like- Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale.
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
- Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly.
- Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields.
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
- Coach and develop team members with less experience, actively contributing to building and maintaining a first‑class engineering team.
- Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events.
- Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
- Hands‑on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems.
- Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments.
- Exceptional academic track record from high school and preferably university.
- Experience with agile software development methodologies.
- Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events.
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.).
- Experience doing development in C, C++, Rust, or other low‑level programming languages.
- Solid networking background and experience.
- Experience in the Linux and open‑source software world.
- Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.).
- Working knowledge of cloud computing.
- Passionate about software quality and testing.
- Experience with packaging (Debian, snaps).
- Programming with, and operating, SQL and No
SQL databases. - Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project – even if that is community open source contributions.
- Demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions.
- Prior experience developing plugins for Terraform.
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – we've been working remotely since 2004.
- 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 from your team and others.
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects, it is changing the world on a daily basis.
Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination and provide fair consideration to all applicants.
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