Canonical is seeking a skilled System Software Engineer to join the Ubuntu Foundations team, focusing on the connectivity of Ubuntu across various environments. The role involves maintaining and integrating core components of the Ubuntu network stack, collaborating with a distributed team, and contributing to the development of networking products.
What your day will look like
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
- Shape software-define networking products for evolving data centre architectures to meet ever-increasing bandwidth, reliability, security, and interoperability demands
- Write high-quality, well-designed and well-documented software
- Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
- Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed organisation
- Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
- Display technical leadership internally, towards our partners, and in the open source communities
- Influence open-source projects and communities
- Shape innovative product strategies
- Work from home, with global travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks duration
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
- Knowledge of networking: architecture, design, and protocols
- Deep understanding and passion for Linux networking, from kernel to user space
- Professional experience with computer networks, including virtual networks, distributed systems as well as understanding of hardware offloading technologies.
- Interest in systemd-networkd, NetworkManager, ModemManager, iwd, conman, bluez, iproute2, Open vSwitch, WireGuard and similar software components
- Fluency in at least one of Golang, C/C++, Rust or Python
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Interest in packaging software for Debian and Ubuntu
- 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
What we offer you
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs 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 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 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 on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
