Microservices Engineer

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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT initiatives. Canonical is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

This is a general selection track for teams that focus on back‑end REST API microservices engineering in Go and Python. The role covers all levels of seniority and seeks outstanding engineers with crisp views on APIs, microservice design, engineering processes, and Dev Ops.

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

Microservices teams have open roles in every time zone.

• Write high‑quality, well‑designed, and robust software for scale
• Design APIs and 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 external communities
• Debug issues and produce high‑quality solutions
• Contribute to technical documentation
• Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
• Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

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

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

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints
• 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 of software. Canonical recruits globally and maintains high standards for people joining the company.

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.