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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud, silicon providers, and industry leaders across many sectors. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing, with over 1,000 colleagues in more than 70 countries.

Teams meet two to four times a year in person at interesting locations, while everyday work is remote.

The LXD team’s mission is to build a next‑generation private cloud infrastructure that combines KVM, Ceph, and SDN technologies to create a data‑center‑scale cloud that ‘just works’ for edge and core enterprise deployments. We are hiring a Golang software engineer to work on low‑level Go code that sits between our REST API and the C libraries used to manage containers and virtual machines.

We seek system‑level developers experienced in design and data modeling.

This is a 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
• Knowledge in networking and storage technologies
• Experience with two or more of: cloud computing, virtualisation, containers, distributed systems, open source community
• Curiosity, flexibility, articulation, and accountability
• Valuing soft skills and being 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 publisher of Ubuntu, one of the world’s most important open source projects, Canonical supports AI, IoT, and cloud initiatives. The company is remote‑first since 2004, fostering a workplace free from discrimination and encouraging diversity of experience and perspective. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.