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  • Posted: May 26, 2023
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    Canonical is a unique tech company - global, remote-first, open source, with 700 professionals across 50 countries - we want to be the world's best, not biggest, global software company.
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    System Software Engineer - Golang compiler, tooling, and ecosystem

    About The Job

    • This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux systems, software architectures and Go programming language.
    • You will leverage your experience and passion in Go to make Ubuntu the best platform to develop, distribute and consume software built with Go.
    • Applicants will be passionate about the future of Go, of Ubuntu, mindful of the dynamics of the open-source ecosystem, and equally aware of the needs of large but innovative organizations.
    • Applicants will drive best in class integration in Ubuntu from desktop to cloud in a secure, reliable, performing, efficient and future-proof fashion.
    • You will be discussing design with other team members and mentor less senior engineers and participate in code reviews and design reviews.
    • You will also be working with other teams to ensure architecture decisions improve the overall performance and experience of Ubuntu.
    • Your role as part of the Ubuntu Foundations team will have an impact on every aspect of Ubuntu from Desktop, Server, Ubuntu Core and also cloud images.

    What you will do

    • 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

    Who you are

    • You love technology and working with brilliant people
    • You are passionate, curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
    • You are a long-time Linux user
    • You have experience or are interested in learning how to package software for Debian and Ubuntu
    • You have relevant Go experience, ideally in the world of cloud-native software and Linux
    • You have a Bachelors or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
    • You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated

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    Senior UX Designer - Ubuntu desktop

    About The Job

    • Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes.

    What your day will look like

    • Work with the Ubuntu desktop user community to research new features and improvements
    • Collaborate with product managers and engineers to shape the future of Ubuntu desktop
    • Create world-class desktop and web interactions for Ubuntu
    • Evolve and evangelise design systems that drive consistency and efficiency
    • Provide direction to the design team, keeping our efforts aligned with product strategy and best practices
    • Interact with the open source community to encourage adoption of features and designs
    • UX designers should be excellent communicators who are at ease working with a complex mix of engineers, designers and executives.
    • They represent us at cross-functional company meetings and must present their design position with clarity and precision.
    • They should be confident and excited to take on complex design challenges.
    • They should also be able to connect their design leadership to the strategic vision of the company.

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    What we are looking for in you

    • Excellent academic results at school and university
    • Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM
    • Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
    • Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
    • Drive to finish work and celebrate success
    • Confidence in user research practices
    • Engagement with the latest design research and innovation

    What we offer you

    • Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation.
    • Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
    • In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals.
    • Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.
    • Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
    • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
    • Annual compensation review
    • Recognition rewards
    • Annual holiday leave
    • Parental Leave
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
    • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
    • An opportunity to shape a company and products
    • Influence in the open source community
    • An inclusive work environment

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    Field Software Engineer - EMEA

    About The Job

    • This role has very diverse responsibilities. The team members are Linux and cloud solutions architects for our customers, designing private and public cloud solutions fitting their workload needs.
    • They are the cloud consultants who work hands-on with the technologies by deploying, testing and handing over the solution to our support or managed services team at the end of a project
    • They are also software engineers who use Python to develop Kubernetes operators and Linux open source infrastructure-as-code.
    • The people who love this role are developers who like to solve customer problems through architecture, presentations and training.

    What you'll do:

    • Work across the entire Linux stack, from kernel, networking, storage, to applications
    • Work in Python to design and deliver open source code
    • Architect cloud infrastructure solutions like OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, Hadoop and Spark either On-Premises or in Public Cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
    • Coach and develop your colleagues where you have insights
    • Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
    • Work from the comfort of your home
    • Global travel up to 25% of time for internal and external events

    Who you are:

    • University degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise
    • You have sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc.
    • You have practical knowledge of Linux and networking
    • You have Intermediate to Advanced level of Python programming skills
    • You are a dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people
    • You have a demonstrated drive for continual learning
    • Excellent communication and presentation skills (English)
    • You have great organisational skills and follow-up reliably on commitments
    • You speak a second language - French, German, Italian, Arabic or Spanish

    What you'll learn

    • OpenStack and Kubernetes infrastructure
    • Linux Ubuntu and networking knowledge
    • Wide range of open source applications and skills
    • Work directly with customers in a range of different businesses
    • Real-life and hands-on exposure to a wide range of emerging technologies and tools

    We offer:

    • Learning and development tuition reimbursement
    • 18 weeks parental leave (USA)
    • Diversity Resource Groups
    • Work from home
    • Competitive salary
    • Recognition rewards
    • Annual leave
    • Priority Pass for travel

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    Telco Cloud Field Engineer

    About The Job

    The role of a Telco Field Engineer at Canonical:

    • The telco industry is moving to software-defined services. This transformation is driven by open source software, cloud computing and the move to VNF / CNF approaches. Canonical Ubuntu is a key platform for telco innovation, and we are growing our team of specialists who work in the industry to accelerate the change.
    • Your passion for open-source technologies will enable customers to understand and operate advanced infrastructure substrates to meet the demands of 5G and beyond.

    What Your Day Will Look Like:

    • Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
    • Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams
    • Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
    • Investigate, report and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
    • Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco
    • Architect and implement advanced, resilient Service Provider Cloud and Application solutions
    • Design and deliver software defined infrastructure with OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph
    • Learn model-driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NGINX, and more
    • Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions
    • Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
    • Shape our roadmap to accelerate our growth in the telco market

    What We Are Looking For In You:

    • Python software development experience
    • A thorough understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM and MEC space
    • Technical understanding of key telco technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SRIOV, DPDK, etc
    • A thorough working understanding of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
    • Working knowledge of Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
    • Understanding of best practices for open source technology in telco virtualisation
    • Working knowledge of Linux, Openstack and Kubernetes networking
    • A passion to automate and improve all aspects of open source products and tooling
    • Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
    • A collaborative attitude with a keen eye on customer success
    • Excellent communication and presentation abilities
    • Able to travel up to 50% of the time for events, customer meetings, project delivery

    Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring:

    • Widely spoken second language such as Japanese, French, German, Spanish or Portuguese
    • Track record of open source contributions

    What We Offer You:

    • Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
    • In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process.
    • Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
    • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
    • Annual compensation review
    • Recognition rewards
    • Annual holiday leave
    • Parental Leave
    • Employee Assistance Programme
    • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
    • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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    Web Developer

    About The Job

    • Our mission is great open source. It is our mission to make open source software available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of people every day.
    • The web team works in a multi-disciplinary environment with visual designers, UX designers and other developers to bring exciting new web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and constantly strive to improve both our work and our processes.

    Required Skills And Experience:

    • Demonstrable experience of work on modern web applications
    • A strong understanding of HTML, CSS with SCSS and JavaScript
    • Experience with Javascript components libraries
    • Experience with TypeScript
    • Experience with responsive user interfaces for a wide range of devices and browsers
    • Experience with Git or other version control systems
    • Awareness of SEO best practice
    • Consideration of accessibility in all aspects of your work
    • A strong understanding of web performance in complex user interfaces
    • Ability to interact with UX, designers and server-side developers
    • Curiosity about technology and a thirst to learn
    • Based in EMEA timezones (Europe, the Middle East and Africa)
    • University degree or equivalent education

    Useful experience if you have it

    • Familiarity with Linux desktop technologies
    • Server-side languages, such as Python or NodeJS
    • Experience working on a large scale React (with TypeScript) project
    • A history of open source contributions
    • Relevant work experience

    Who you are:

    • We want a Web Developer who loves what they do. You are passionate about web standards and keep abreast of new developments in our industry.
    • You always look for opportunities to improve your skills. You like to show off what you're working on and also learn from others.
    • You have strong attention to detail and value the design of a product as much as you value the code. You have strong communication skills and maybe even blog once in a while.
    • You're aware of the latest CSS techniques but also know the limitations that developing for a broad audience can bring - actually, you embrace the challenge.

    In this team:

    • You'll create high fidelity websites and web apps using the latest incarnations of HTML, CSS (SCSS) and Javascript (React and TypeScript)
    • You'll help maintain existing projects including updating content and adding new pages
    • You'll manage incoming requests for updates and liaise with or delegate to other people as necessary
    • You'll ensure the standard of our output remains high and consistent across our whole product portfolio
    • You'll ensure new pages are published according to specification and in compliance with our web style guide
    • You'll participate in and contribute to our living style guide, Vanilla Framework.
    • Work closely with UX designers and visual designers to implement exemplary user experiences.

    What we offer

    • An opportunity to help shape a company and products with a strong influence in the open source community
    • An inclusive work environment within a team of friendly people with a broad range of skill sets, from UX designers to copywriters
    • Learning and development
    • Annual compensation review
    • Recognition rewards
    • Annual leave
    • Priority Pass for travel

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    Software Engineer - Identity Management for Canonical Products

    About The Job

    Summary:

    • This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale.
    • Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
    • As a software engineer for Identity Management products of Canonical, you will modernize and expand the capabilities of the identity management solutions we use for authentication and authorization in our products, as well as our canonical.com and ubuntu.com websites.
    • Your work on Identity Management will directly impact the users of all Canonical products.
    • Technical excellence and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to own the design and delivery of the system, facilitate integrations and work with your team on strategy and execution.

    What you'll do

    • Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
    • Write clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
    • Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale.
    • Review code produced by other engineers
    • Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
    • Create and enhance management, authentication and authorization API endpoints
    • Craft end-user authentication flows from design to implementation
    • Modernize the identity stack of our websites and products by driving adoption of best-of-breed IAM technologies
    • Deliver great products that users love by maintaining a culture of quality and engineering excellence
    • Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

    Who you are

    • You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
    • You are a software engineer, with specific experience building identity and access management products
    • You are familiar with the open source software, standards, protocols and concepts in the identity space (e.g. OpenID, OAuth, LDAP)
    • You have experience implementing authorization frameworks in distributed systems
    • You value secure coding and standards, and enjoy working on teams that do the same
    • You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
    • You love technology and working with a diverse set of talented people.
    • You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
    • You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
    • You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
    • You love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible, with a view to building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere

    What Canonical offers:

    • Work from home
    • Learning and development allowances
    • Competitive Salary
    • Annual compensation review
    • Recognition rewards
    • Generous annual leave
    • Paid maternity, paternity and sick leave
    • Priority Pass for travel
    • Exposure to international business and technology

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    Senior Web Engineer

    About The Job

    The Role:

    • The Web and design team works as a multidisciplinary inclusive team with world-class user researchers, UX designers, visual designers and web engineers.
    • We work collaboratively with many teams and roles across the organisation including product managers and other engineering teams.
    • Senior Web Engineer's help drive best practices across the team, for all disciplines, bringing great ideas to the table to lead technical conversations.
    • They identify risks and communicate them to relevant stakeholders, asking the right questions to move a project forward.
    • Within the team there are fantastic opportunities to gain deep technical knowledge of complex products in innovative and fast-growing areas of the tech world with space and support to hone your craft.
    • We value transparency, intellectual honesty and teamwork.

    What you will do:

    • Learning and teaching: Coaching, mentoring and providing feedback to more junior members of the team, while always developing yourself.
    • Ownership: Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects.
    • Communication: You'll manage incoming requests for updates and liaise with or delegate to other people as necessary.
    • Standards: You'll ensure the standard of our team's output remains high and consistent across our whole product portfolio.
    • Consistency: You'll ensure new pages are published according to specification and in compliance with our design system.
    • Culture: Foster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values.
    • Collaboration: Work closely with UX designers and visual designers to implement exemplary user experiences.
    • Celebrate: Celebrate success with your team, and learn from mistakes.
    • Love what you do.

    Who You Are:

    • Demonstrable experience, working on modern web applications, such as React.
    • Deep working knowledge of HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript.
    • Good understanding of server-side languages, such as Python.
    • Experience with Git or other version control systems.
    • Consideration of accessibility in all aspects of your work.
    • Experience with analysing and improving web performance in complex user interfaces.
    • An excellent communicator with the ability to interact with other members of the team.
    • Exceptional product delivery experience.
    • Based in the EMEA timezone (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

    We offer:

    • Remote first: 100% remote working with the opportunity to travel to Sprints. We meet a couple of times a year in interesting places all around the world to come together to collaborate. These Sprints see circa 300 people come together. This year we have travelled to Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Montreal and Prague!
    • Personal development: Annual budget allowance and time to focus on areas you want to improve.
    • Compensation: eligibility for annual pay review including bonuses.
    • Recognition: The ability to possibly be rewarded and recognised by others for the work you do.
    • Travel: Priority Pass for lounge access when flying to sprints. International SOS membership to support you whilst travelling.

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