Canonical is hiring a
Senior Juju Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Senior Software Engineer at Canonical, focusing on Juju. The role involves driving process improvement, team management, coaching junior engineers, and owning functional areas from design to support. The position is remote with occasional travel for internal and external events.

Requirements

• Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go
• Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems
• Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Responsibilities

• Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
• Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Coach and develop team members with less experience, actively contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience doing development in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level programming languages
• Solid networking background and experience
• Experience in the Linux and open-source software world
• Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.)
• Working knowledge of cloud computing
• Passionate about software quality and testing
• Experience with packaging (Debian, snaps)
• Programming with, and operating, SQL and NoSQL databases
• Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project -- even if that is community open source contributions
• Demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions
• Prior experience developing plugins for Terraform

Benefits

• Performance-driven annual bonus
• 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 from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events