Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, particularly known for its Ubuntu platform. The Software Engineer role involves developing, testing, and releasing improvements to Ubuntu on public clouds, ensuring quality and stability while collaborating with teams and users.
Responsibilities
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
- Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features
- Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions
- Work from home, with global travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events
Skills
- Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
- Extensive experience with Python on Linux
- Interest in and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux systems administration, continuous integration, end-system contract management, Debian packaging, working with public or on premise clouds
- Experience engaging with the open source community
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
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
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