System Software Engineer - Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

System Software Engineer - Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

Home Based - APAC

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

We are hiring a System Software Engineer for Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

We are building a new team to focus on the Golang programming language and its ecosystem on Ubuntu. They will deliver the best possible Golang runtime, developer experience and supporting tooling in Ubuntu.

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux systems, software architectures and Go programming language.

The Ubuntu Foundations Team delivers the core Ubuntu system, the base for the entire Ubuntu family of products and services. Ubuntu strives to deliver the latest-best free software components, in an easy to use and highly reliable form.

Part of the Ubuntu Foundations team, you will work on some of the most critical toolchains involved in the making of Ubuntu but also pillars of the modern software ecosystem.

You will leverage your experience and passion in Go to make Ubuntu the best platform to develop, distribute and consume software built with Go.

The role entails

• 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 in you

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.

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