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associate linux support engineer

Canonical

<div>
 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring an
 
 Associate Support Engineer
 
 to build a career with Canonical and support the technical needs of customers leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. This role is an opportunity for a hands-on engineer with eagerness to learn, a passion for Linux and open source technologies to work with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
 
 
 We regularly solve interesting, technical problems. From triaging complex cloud environments, desktop and server issues, Linux kernel crashes we've never seen before to OS configuration issues and root cause analysis, we provide an expert level of support and satisfaction to our peer groups and customers. You will be accountable for delivering an outstanding technical support experience on the full technical stack at Canonical, across cloud, desktop and IoT. From problem qualification to full resolution, you will own and manage your cases. When needed, you will transfer your cases to your colleagues or involve senior engineers. This is a globally remote role.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 This is a globally remote role.
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Working from your remote home office to provide technical support for employees.
 </li>
 <li>
 Being available to take ownership of new cases via telephone, email and web
 </li>
 <li>
 Acting as an internal customer advocate keeping them updated in a timely manner
 </li>
 <li>
 Ensuring that each support case owned by you is handled according to our Service Level Agreement (SLA) with the highest possible customer satisfaction by setting the right expectations and fulfilling your commitments.
 </li>
 <li>
 Contributing new knowledge base articles and maintaining existing articles, ensuring shared knowledge and lessons learned are available to customers.
 </li>
 <li>
 Drafting and distributing technical notices for internal and external communication.
 </li>
 <li>
 Prioritising your work in order to accomplish the most important and urgent tasks first
 </li>
 <li>
 Keeping on learning as our products and services grow and evolve
 </li>
 <li>
 Understanding Ubuntu development process to be able to set customer expectations correctly on timeline for a fix
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintaining regular communication and information exchange with the rest of the team, locally and remotely
 </li>
 <li>
 Identifying and suggesting any opportunities to provide a better service
 </li>
 <li>
 Participating in a regular weekend working rotation
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
 </li>
 <li>
 Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path. Preferable majors: Computer Science, MIS, Electrical Engineering, etc.
 </li>
 <li>
 Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
 </li>
 <li>
 Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Linux troubleshooting (collecting logs and stack traces, fine-tuning by editing configuration files)
 </li>
 <li>
 Knowledge or basic hands-on experience on 2 or more of:
 </li>
 <ul>
 <li>
 Linux server administration
 </li>
 <li>
 Programming fundamentals in any language (bash, Perl, Ruby, Javascript, C or C++, Go)
 </li>
 <li>
 Networking (bonding, firewalling, bridging, switching, network file system tuning, MTU issues, etc.)
 </li>
 <li>
 Virtualization / Cloud computing concepts (provisioning, monitoring, orchestration, etc.)
 </li>
 </ul>
 <li>
 Ability to learn quickly, thrive on change and handle the pressure of a customer facing job
 </li>
 <li>
 Strong written and verbal English communication skills
 </li>
 <li>
 Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
 </li>
 <li>
 Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
 </li>
 <li>
 Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 Noting that we require and will perform a background check for this role.
 
 
 
 Nice-to-have skills
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience supporting virtualized environments (KVM, Virtual Box, VMWare)
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with other open-source desktop technologies
 </li>
 <li>
 Active contribution to open-source projects/forum/code
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 
 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 or commission. 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home 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.
 
 
 
 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.
 
 
</div>

Associate Linux Support Engineer

<div>
 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring a
 
 Linux devices software engineer
 
 on our SnapD team to work on mission-critical Golang code, focused on software delivery, containers, security sandboxing, telemetry and device management.
 
 
 Snaps are next-generation software packaging and delivery for Linux. They are designed for safety, security and robustness, with application-specific confinement of containers optimised for IoT devices, desktops and servers. Our goal is that snaps work across multiple Linux flavors to ensure that publishers have the simplest way to reach the whole Linux world.
 
 
 This role requires an obsession with quality and performance, for work at the heart of the operating system. It also requires an interest in the software publishing and consumption experience. Applicants should be passionate about open source software development. We value collaboration, peer reviews, good unit/integration testing and maintainable code. General knowledge and experience with Linux as a developer platform is required. Having previous experience with Golang is very nice to have.
 
 
 
 Location
 
 :
 
 This role will be based remotely in the EMEA or Americas regions
 
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
 </li>
 <li>
 Write high quality code to create new features
 </li>
 <li>
 Debug Linux system level issues and produce high quality code to fix them
 </li>
 <li>
 Review code produced by other engineers
 </li>
 <li>
 Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
 </li>
 <li>
 Obsess over how to achieve robustness despite unexpected events like power outages
 </li>
 <li>
 Work from home with global travel for up to two weeks, twice a year
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 You love technology and working with brilliant people
 </li>
 <li>
 You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
 </li>
 <li>
 You value soft skills, are thoughtful and self-motivated
 </li>
 <li>
 You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
 </li>
 <li>
 You have professional software development experience using Go, Python, C, or C++
 </li>
 <li>
 You know Linux system-level fundamentals, e.g. cgroups, namespaces, apparmor
 </li>
 <li>
 Commitment to software testing, code reviews and maintainable code
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 
 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 recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.
 
 
 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.
 
 
 
</div>

Linux devices software engineer - snapd

<div>
 
 Job Description
 
 
 
 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring an
 
 Embedded Linux Field Engineer for Devices/IoT
 
 to expand our reach in mission-critical industries such as Automotive, Medical Devices, Industrial Systems, Robotics, and Telco, as well as Consumer Electronics. We are looking for candidates who are accomplished Linux plumbers. If you are someone passionate about Linux, who knows the plumbing of the OS inside and out, who is proficient with distribution packaging, software design, system debugging, and bringing customer's ideas to life, then please keep on reading - this may be a uniquely exciting opportunity for you.
 
 
 The server edition of Ubuntu is already very widely used in connected devices and industrial PC's. Our edition of Ubuntu tailored for IoT, called Ubuntu Core, represents the state of the art in security and resilience for high end appliances and equipment. Our customers include global brands in consumer and industrial electronics as well as automotive and robotics. We continue to expand our range of offerings to bring our security, management and developer experience to the smallest Linux environments and devices. We recently added a real-time Linux capability and are working towards a range of certifications for these offerings. Together, this portfolio is Linux reinvented for optimal reliability, security, developer productivity and footprint.
 
 
 This career opportunity requires a unique blend of skills. Successful candidates will know Linux well and be proficient coders and scripters. They will have experience of low-level Linux boot, BIOS, EFI, Secure Boot, firmware, OS Distribution packaging and generally speaking embedded software development methodologies. They also enjoy the pace of change and diversity of client engagements with driven and ambitious technology entrepreneurs. Competitive, business-focused technologists at heart, they are also dedicated team players that take pride in team and company wins.
 
 
 We often say that our field engineers have 'the hardest job at Canonical' because customers can ask about any aspect of our solutions and products and expect a thoughtful, well-informed answer. We always want to do the best thing for our partners and customers, regardless of our company interests, and field engineers are the people we trust to ensure that is true.
 
 
 What your day will look like
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Engage customers during presales to gather requirements and explain our technology
 </li>
 <li>
 Elaborate solutions to be proposed to prospective clients
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate to the delivery of select projects related to Embedded Linux
 </li>
 <li>
 Convey market requirements to key stakeholders in our organization, and sometimes participate to the development or refining of generic solutions to unlock market potential
 </li>
 <li>
 Be both a customer advocate and a trusted advisor to Canonical
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Bachelors degree in Computer Science or related technical field
 </li>
 <li>
 Extensive Linux experience - Debian or Ubuntu preferred
 </li>
 <li>
 Distribution / Packaging experience (deb, rpm, ...)
 </li>
 <li>
 Solid embedded Linux experience (Yocto, Buildroot...)
 </li>
 <li>
 Fluency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++, or Rust
 </li>
 <li>
 Professional written and spoken English in addition to the local language
 </li>
 <li>
 Excellent communication and presentation skills
 </li>
 <li>
 Result-oriented, ability to multi-task
 </li>
 <li>
 A personal drive to meet commitments
 </li>
 <li>
 An humble learner and quick study
 </li>
 <li>
 Albeit many projects can be done remotely, the successful candidate will be willing to travel up to 30% of the time for customer meetings, company events, and conferences
 </li>
 <li>
 For positions in Japan and Korea, the successful candidates will also be able to speak and write the local language at a professional level.
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring
 
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Experience with customer engagements a plus, but not a requirement
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 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 or commission. 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home 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.
 
 
 
 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.
 
 
</div>

Embedded Linux Field Engineer for Devices/IoT

<div>
 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring a Software Engineer - L3 Support to&hellip;
 
 
 &hellip;work in a dynamic and exciting engineering role in Linux-based infrastructure and applications, covering all layers of the stack, including bare metal, virtualization (KVM), containerization (Docker/LXC/LXD), storage (Ceph and Linux filesystems), networking (OVS, OVN and Core networking), OpenStack, Kubernetes and the open source applications running on top of them. It will challenge you to show the breadth of your engineering skills, which will be needed to work on almost any aspect of Ubuntu and the open source applications large enterprise customers run.
 
 
 This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and open source to build a career with Canonical and drive success for our customers, community and the company. If you have an affinity for open source software, great communication skills, and a passion for troubleshooting and fixing issues in technology used by millions across the world, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
 
 
 This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require upstream bug fixes. Our engineers are able to work productively at any level of the stack including the kernel and in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our customers, partners and Ubuntu itself.
 
 
 You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and bug fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 This is a remote role, we have teams in all time zones.
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in upstream communities
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion
 </li>
 <li>
 Review code produced by other engineers
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques
 </li>
 <li>
 Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain clear, technical and concise communications
 </li>
 <li>
 Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 An exceptional academic track record
 </li>
 <li>
 Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Linux and open source software
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux
 </li>
 <li>
 A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep-dive difficult issues
 </li>
 <li>
 Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 Nice-to-have skills
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 You love technology and working with brilliant people
 </li>
 <li>
 You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
 </li>
 <li>
 You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
 </li>
 <li>
 You have interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD,Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 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 recognize 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme &amp; Wellness Platform
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.
 
 
 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.
 
 
</div>

Software Engineer - L3 Support

<div>
 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring a Software Maintenance Engineer to&hellip;
 
 
 &hellip;work in a dynamic and exciting engineering role in Linux-based infrastructure and applications, covering all layers of the stack, including bare metal, virtualization (KVM), containerization (Docker/LXC/LXD), storage (Ceph and Linux filesystems), networking (OVS, OVN and Core networking), OpenStack, Kubernetes and the open source applications running on top of them. It will challenge you to show the breadth of your engineering skills, which will be needed to work on almost any aspect of Ubuntu and the open source applications large enterprise customers run.
 
 
 This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and open source to build a career with Canonical and drive success for our customers, community and the company. If you have an affinity for open source software, great communication skills, and a passion for troubleshooting and fixing issues in technology used by millions across the world, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
 
 
 This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require upstream bug fixes. Our engineers are able to work productively at any level of the stack including the kernel and in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our customers, partners and Ubuntu itself.
 
 
 You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and bug fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 This is a remote role, we have teams in all time zones.
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in upstream communities
 </li>
 <li>
 Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion
 </li>
 <li>
 Review code produced by other engineers
 </li>
 <li>
 Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques
 </li>
 <li>
 Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities
 </li>
 <li>
 Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
 </li>
 <li>
 Maintain clear, technical and concise communications
 </li>
 <li>
 Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 An exceptional academic track record
 </li>
 <li>
 Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with Linux and open source software
 </li>
 <li>
 Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux
 </li>
 <li>
 A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep-dive difficult issues
 </li>
 <li>
 Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 Nice-to-have skills
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 You love technology and working with brilliant people
 </li>
 <li>
 You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
 </li>
 <li>
 You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
 </li>
 <li>
 You have interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD,Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 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 recognize 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme &amp; Wellness Platform
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.
 
 
 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.
 
 
</div>

Software Maintenance Engineer

<div>
 Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring a
 
 Lead Golang Software Engineer
 
 at any seniority level, who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integrations technologies, and exciting open-source solutions.
 
 
 The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as seven engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Golang plays an integral role in it. We are looking for software engineers for these teams:
 
 
 The
 
 Billing team
 
 designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that provides a standardized and scalable capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, enable customers to see their current spend with Canonical at any time, and ensure accurate, reliable, and timely billing. The service further integrates with other engineering, business, payment systems. This team is an excellent match for any software engineer interested in growing their skills in the billing and payment processing domain.
 
 
 The
 
 Contracts
 
 team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers. The service provides a standardized CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format. The service further integrates with other engineering and business systems including a CRM system and an accounting system. This team is an excellent match for any software engineer interested in understanding sales and revenue processes and growing their skills beyond software engineering.
 
 
 The
 
 Livepatch
 
 team designs and develops a service for the delivery of Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high severity Linux kernel vulnerabilities, by patching the Linux kernel between security maintenance windows, while the system runs. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based client and backend components, while another Canonical team, the Kernel team, develops the security patches. This team is a great opportunity for a software engineer interested in security and with a strong focus on engineering quality and reliability.
 
 
 The
 
 Ubuntu Pro
 
 backend team designs and develops backend services for the delivery of Ubuntu Pro, the most comprehensive subscription for open-source software security. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based backend components, while the Security team at Canonical develop security patches. This team is a great opportunity for a software engineer with a strong focus on engineering quality, software performance, and reliability of operations.
 
 
 
 Location
 
 : This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region (all teams except for Ubuntu Pro) or the AMER region (Ubuntu Pro).
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 
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 Develop engineering solutions leveraging Golang
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 Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation
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 Deploy and operate services developed by the team
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 Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback to colleagues
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 Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
 
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 
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 Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
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 Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
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 Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
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 Experience with software development in Golang
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 Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
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 Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
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 Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
 
 
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 Nice-to-have skills
 
 
 
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 Performance engineering and security experience
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 Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles
 
 
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 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 
 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 recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. 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.
 
 
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 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
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 Annual compensation review
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 Recognition rewards
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 Annual holiday leave
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 Maternity and paternity leave
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 Employee Assistance Program
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 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
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 Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
 
 
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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. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home 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.
 
 
 
 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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Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

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 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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
 
 
 The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
 
 
 We are hiring Software Engineering Managers to lead technical teams in the various aspects of the delivery and ongoing support and maintenance of all Linux kernels provided by the Ubuntu Linux distribution. As the Linux kernel itself is now quite broad, so are the technical domains and challenges involved, ranging from integrating support for bleeding-edge hardware into the latest Ubuntu kernels, to expanding the range of execution environments available to Ubuntu, to the complexities inherent in applying the latest fixes and updates to all of the &gt;100 Ubuntu Linux kernels under active support during our Stable Release Update cycles.
 
 
 This role would suit either an experienced manager of high performing software development teams, or a very proficient technical lead who is excited to take on a management responsibility. You will need to be passionate about Linux and aspire to be an integral part in its distribution to millions of users worldwide.
 
 
 As an Engineering Manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to your team: helping them grow as engineers, do important and satisfying work, and have a great time while doing it. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 Working from home, worldwide. We have kernel teams and openings in every time zone and with the notable exception of Taipei, Taiwan, have no offices and therefore no pressure to work from an office.
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 
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 Leading a distributed team of software engineers in your geographic region in distinct aspects of delivery of all Linux kernels for the Ubuntu Linux distribution
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 Taking ownership of particular aspects of Ubuntu Linux which can include but not be limited to:
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 Working with silicon or cloud partners to implement Linux kernels optimised for their execution environments
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 Ensuring Ubuntu Linux is able to run on a wide range of diverse hardware platforms
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 Definition and execution of the stringent quality control standards expected by the Ubuntu user community
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 Mitigation of the latest security threats and exploits to the Linux kernel
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 Strong process automation as it pertains to the build, test, and delivery of the Linux kernel
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 Engagement with other teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 
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 Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages is also highly regarded
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 Substantial experience with operating system kernel internals and concepts, Linux would be highly regarded but not essential
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 Demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers
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 Ability to coordinate between multiple distinct teams of differing technical focus to achieve common goals
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 Familiarity with version control practices, ideally with git
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 Prior experience developing with software packaging formats, with direct Ubuntu/Debian/Snap experience being highly regarded
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 Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
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 Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 Nice-to-have skills
 
 
 
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 Demonstrated experience with kernel patching and debugging
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 Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP's, and other low level system engineering
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 Solid background in driving CI/CD and process automation initiatives
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 Prior public involvement with an open source project
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 What we offer colleagues
 
 
 
 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 recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 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. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.
 
 
 
 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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Software Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Linux Kernel

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