Canonical
Golang Engineer
Remote Engineering Fast Track role with clear candidate location fit.
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Eligible countriesWorldwide
Seniority signalOpen level
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
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Role overview
Golang Engineer
Requirements and responsibilities
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The role entails
- Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go
- Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
- Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
- Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
- Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
- In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team
- Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy
What we are looking for in you
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux
- Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
- For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Nice-to-have skills
- Experience developing for Ubuntu Linux
- Experience with Juju, LXD, Microk8s, Snapd, Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro
- Performance engineering and security experience
What we offer colleagues
- 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 Program
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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