Linux Developer Experience Lead at Canonical

Applicants should be passionate about the future of container technology, software engineering, and open source. Canonical is a globally distributed team of engineers who share that passion. Engineers who thrive at Canonical are mindful of open source community dynamics, and equally aware of the needs of large enterprise customers.

What You'll Do

• Design the user experience for next-generation software collaboration in open source
• Implement container-based collaboration capabilities for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions
• Implement mechanisms for community collaboration in complex software environments
• Implement pipelines for security maintenance and support of complex software environments
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• 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 for internal and external events
• Engage with the open source community on a daily basis, including them deeply in our processes
• Engage professionally with customers and commercial partners to tell the story of this work
• Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Who You Are

• You have experience working with Linux containers
• You have experience in Python or Golang software development on Linux
• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills and are enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

What Canonical Offers

• Learning and professional development, with annual budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Work remotely with a talented, distributed, global team