Golang / Go Job: Software Engineer

Software Engineer at Canonical Ltd

🇬🇧 United Kingdom › Remote In EMEA/APAC   (Posted Mar 13 2018)

About the company
Canonical is the company behind ubuntu linux. We're a fully distributed company, with a remote first culture.

Job position
Permanent - Remote work possible

Job description
Juju is a Canonical sponsored open source project that facilitates the modeling and operation of the complex distributed software. Juju can deploy and manage software running on public clouds, private clouds, bare-metal servers or containers.

As a member of the Juju engineering team, you will ensure quality for Juju as well as dealing with bugs. Juju is a large, complex distributed system that runs on a large number of platforms - there’s no shortage of interesting technical challenges! You will also be required to liaise with customer support and field engineers to help diagnose and fix field issues.

Applicants should be passionate about the future of the software defined datacenter, and about the ability for Juju and Open Source generally to define that future. Canonical is a globally distributed team of engineers who share that passion, and you will need to work well in that context. Engineers who thrive at Canonical are mindful of the dynamics of the open source ecosystem, and equally aware of the needs of large, innovative organizations.

This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.

Skills & requirements
Proven track record of at least 3 years professional software delivery using Golang
Proficient devops methodology and process
Python programming experience
Experience with test automation including system level automation and job runners
Experience with continuous integration strategies
Degree level education in a technology field
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience of the Linux and free software world
Working knowledge of cloud computing
Excellent communications skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments such as mailing lists and IRC
Ability to effectively interact with a diverse group of people (both technical and non-technical)
Ability to be productive in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation, delivering according to a schedule, and to motivate and mentor others to do the same
Software development and operational experience with databases

Apply now!