About the Job
The company 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 enterprise initiatives including public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to be an integral part of our team, focusing on process improvement, assisting in the management of the team, coaching less experienced colleagues, and owning functional areas from design and implementation through to support and maintenance.
Juju, our engine behind model-driven operations, enables the management of complex software across public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal infrastructures. Many internal and external teams depend on Juju to deliver their products and services, making this a crucial role in our operations.
Location: This is a globally remote role.
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What Your Day Will Look Like
- 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 alongside talented engineers, including experts in various fields.
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions.
- Coach and develop team members with less experience, contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team.
- Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events.
What We Are Looking For In You
- Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go.
- Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems.
- Excellent communication skills in English, 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.
Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring
These skills may be helpful, but we do not expect everyone to possess all of them:
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.).
- Experience in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level programming languages.
- A solid networking background and experience.
- Experience in the Linux and open-source software ecosystems.
- Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, etc.).
- Working knowledge of cloud computing.
- Passion for 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.
- Demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions.
- Prior experience developing plugins for Terraform.
What We Offer You
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping global compensation. We revisit compensation annually to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. Our benefits reflect our values and ideal, providing balance to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally:
- 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 for team meetings.
- Priority Pass for travel and upgrades for long haul company events.
