Microservices Engineer

Overview

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 cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We serve customers across public cloud and silicon providers and enterprise leaders in many sectors. We have 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries with few office-based roles; teams meet 2–4 times per year in person in various locations to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. This is a general selection track for back-end REST API microservices engineering in Go and Python across all levels of seniority. We seek outstanding engineers with strong API design, microservice design, engineering processes and Dev Ops discussions.

Our services scale to millions of Ubuntu clients and require collaboration across thousands of community members. They are central to critical infrastructure worldwide. As Ubuntu has been adopted by mainstream enterprise computing, the quality of these services matters to customers and users. We aim to improve practices, quality and performance in the web services domain and are growing our teams to level up our insights on scalability, performance, resilience and Dev Ops practices.

• API design, documentation, and governance
• Database performance design considerations and skills
• Multi-region service delivery for resilience and performance
• Fuzzing and proactive security analysis techniques
• Tracing and profiling for distributed systems insights
• Next-generation Dev Ops practices

We have microservices teams with open roles in every time zone.

• Write high-quality, well-designed, robust software that works at scale
• Design APIs and software architecture for collegial review
• Write tests that validate software behaviour
• Build and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant applications and services
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
• Debug issues and produce high-quality solutions
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
• Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

• An exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go
• History of writing modern, maintainable software
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
• Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented with the ability to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events up to two weeks

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Understanding of build systems and tool chains
• Experience with cross-compilation
• Experience with hyperscale public or private clouds
• Experience with designing, building, and running distributed systems
• Performance engineering and security experience

• 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 publisher of Ubuntu, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set high standards for new hires. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, and learn new skills.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination and will give every application fair consideration.

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.

• Mid-Senior level

• Full-time

• Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Software Development

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