Key skills
LinuxPythonGoLeadershipCommunicationPresentation Skills
About this role
Role Overview
- Write high-quality, well-designed, and robust software that works at scale
- Design APIs and software architecture for collegial review
- Write tests that validate software behaviour
- Build and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant applications and services
- Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
- Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
- Debug issues and produce high-quality solutions to resolve them
- Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
- Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
- Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
Requirements
- 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
- Proficiency in Python and / or Go
- History of writing modern, maintainable software
- Experience with relational and non-relational database systems
- Continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
- Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
- 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
Tech Stack
- Linux
- Python
- Go
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
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events