Senior-Juju-Software-Engineer

Summary

Join Canonical as a Senior Software Engineer to drive process improvement, assist in team management, coach colleagues, and own functional areas from design to support. Work on Juju, a cloud automation engine, and collaborate with distributed teams.

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

• 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 from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events