Software Architect - Containers​/Virtualisation

Position: Software Architect - Containers / Virtualisation
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. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 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.

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

About the Role
We are hiring a  software architect  for Canonical LXD and Micro Cloud. Our goal is to make clusters of compute, with system containers or virtual machines, "just work". It should be trivial to stand up a small cloud using one, two or twenty servers. This is a challenging exercise in distributed systems, virtualisation, container technology, networking and storage. As with the Ubuntu desktop, our goal is to make it easy and to make it reliable for people to focus on the things that really matter to them rather than the OS and infrastructure.

Location:

This is a home-based position available in EMEA and the Americas.

Responsibilities

Leadership of the LXD and Micro Cloud architecture

Mentor, develop and advise colleagues in their career progression

Develop in Golang and C

Review code produced by other engineers

Ensure the product is secure and performant

Display technical leadership in Canonical and our communities

Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

Qualifications

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Drive, and a track record of going above‑and‑beyond expectations

Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace

Well‑organized, self‑starting and able to deliver to schedule

Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community

Experience with Go and C

Experience with storage, networking and virtualization

Experience with container technologies

Experience with concurrent, distributed systems

Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance

Professional written and spoken English

Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)

Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability

Benefits

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

About Canonical
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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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 create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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