Use your deep C++ skills on Windows and MacOS to build an amazing open-source developer experience with Multipass, the workstation mini-cloud at your fingertips, which provides Ubuntu and appliance VMs on demand for build, test, and prototyping. The Multipass team is hiring a Software Engineer to join our distributed team. We greatly value quality in our code and great user experience.
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Multipass is published for macOS, Windows, and Linux. At its simplest, you can execute multipass launch, and a new VM will be created on your workstation. You can feed that VM data, similar to using a public cloud like AWS, Azure, or GCP. The goal is to provide developers with a local cloud on their workstation, which they can use to run builds in the background, test cloud appliances, or validate their cloud deployments and cloud-init scripts at no cost.
As a Software Engineer, you are expected to play a leadership role in designing, mentoring, reviewing, and coding.
What You Will Focus On:
- Ensure Multipass is easy and intuitive to use
- Architect new features and design the user experience
- Write high-quality code to create new features and fix bugs
- Review code and architecture as part of the engineering process
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
- Debug, track down, and fix issues encountered by users
- Foster the open-source community and support customers as needed
- Travel internationally for up to two weeks, twice a year, for company events
What We Are Looking For:
- Cross-platform development experience on macOS and/or Windows
- Expertise in modern C++ development
- Experience with software testing and test-driven development
- Extremely high personal standards for code quality, testing, and design
- Knowledge of hypervisor technologies such as Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM, and QEMU
- Open-source experience and involvement
- Knowledge of CI systems is a plus
- Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
- Excellent communication skills in English - both verbal and written
- Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degree
Work Conditions:
- This is a remote position available in the EMEA region only
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Compensation and 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
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
About Canonical:
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we impact the world daily. We recruit on a global basis and set high standards for our team members. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004, offering a challenging, innovative, and inclusive work environment. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination, emphasizing diversity in experience, perspectives, and backgrounds.
