System Software Engineer - Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

Overview

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 across cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are hiring a System Software Engineer for Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem to build a new team focused on the Golang language and its ecosystem on Ubuntu. The role aims to deliver the best possible Golang runtime, developer experience, and supporting tooling in Ubuntu, ensuring the cutting edge of modern programming language innovation is available to Ubuntu users.

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer who is passionate about open source software, Linux systems, software architectures, and the Go programming language. You will help make Ubuntu the best platform to develop, distribute, and run Go applications across cloud, datacenters, containers, directly on the OS, and anywhere Ubuntu runs.

The Ubuntu Foundations Team delivers the core Ubuntu system and the base for the entire Ubuntu family of products and services. We strive to deliver the latest and best free software components in an easy-to-use, highly reliable form, building on the technical excellence of Debian and shaping solutions for the industry.

Location

This role will be based remotely in the APAC region.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Select, integrate and package best-of-breed tooling with Ubuntu to improve developer and operator experience with Go
• Write high-quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks a year for internal and external events

What we are looking for

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About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company, with many colleagues having worked remotely since our inception in 2004.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer . We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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