Golang System Software Engineer - Containers​/Virtualisation

Golang System Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualisation

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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. Our customers include the world's major public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

Canonical is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

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.

We are looking for system‑level developers with experience in design and data management/modeling.

LXD components span the entire software stack from low‑level kernel features to the upper‑level management API/CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent at all those layers and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.

This is an opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on modern cloud computing technologies. Canonical offers a fun, fast‑paced team environment and a career full of learning and development.

Location
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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 to 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
• Value soft skills and are 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 a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit globally and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

We expect excellence – to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote‑first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

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.