Golang System Software Engineer - Containers​/Virtualisation

Golang System Software Engineer - 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 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 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.

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 centre‑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 the low‑level Go codebase sitting between our REST API and the low‑level C libraries used to 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 in all these layers and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.

Location:

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/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
• Curiosity, flexibility, articulation and accountability
• 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. 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.

Entry level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development