
Software Maintenance Engineer
Canonical Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Canonical Jeddah, Saudi Arabia Posted: 02 May 2025
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. We are hiring a Software Architect for Canonical LXD and MicroCloud. Our goal is to make clusters of compute, whether with system containers or virtual machines, just work. This involves standing up small clouds using one, two, or twenty servers, focusing on distributed systems, virtualization, container technology, networking, and storage.
As a Software Architect, you will drive the architecture, design, and evolution of LXD, a modern Golang system container and virtual machine orchestrator, and Canonical MicroCloud, which combines LXD with Ceph and OVN to create a resilient cluster-scale cloud infrastructure.
We seek a software architect and engineer experienced in Golang and C, with strong leadership qualities to guide a team in delivering outstanding products.
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Location:
Jiddah, Makkah, Saudi Arabia (Remote)
Work Conditions:
Full-time, Remote position available in EMEA and the Americas. Global travel twice annually for company events.
About Canonical:
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of open-source software, known for publishing Ubuntu, an essential open-source project relevant for AI, IoT, and cloud computing. We maintain a high standard for hiring, expecting excellence from our team. Since our inception in 2004, most employees have worked from home, fostering a future-oriented workplace. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer, committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment.
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