Golang System Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualisation

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. Our platform, Ubuntu, is 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 founder‑led, profitable, and growing. The mission of the LXD team is to build a next‑generation private cloud infrastructure that combines KVM, Ceph, and SDN technologies to create a data center‑scale cloud that “just works” and provides a mission‑critical cloud for edge and core enterprise deployments.

Location: Remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

• Design, implement and document system‑level Go code
• Model data, design database schema, and implement data storage in a dqlite (SQL) database
• Maintain code quality through static analysis, unit and system tests
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

• Experience programming in Go and C
• Knowledgeable in networking and storage technologies
• Experience with two or more of: cloud computing, virtualisation, containers, distributed systems, open‑source community
• Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• Value soft skills and are enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degree

• 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

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.