Specialty
The role
Canonical is hiring graduate software engineers into engineering teams worldwide, working on Ubuntu and the wider open source stack, from low-level Linux to cloud and desktop software. The role is globally remote, with in-person team sprints twice a year.
What you will do
- Help shape the roadmap for your product at global sprints held every six months
- Write high-quality, resilient code that may serve millions of daily users
- Work towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge
- Engage with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers
- Respond to customer issues and learn enterprise requirements
- Build security awareness in software design and implementation
What they ask for
- Strong academic record in high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or another STEM field with programming courses
- Ability to deliver quality code in Python, Rust, C/C++, Go, JavaScript or Java
- Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution
- Personal technology projects beyond the curriculum
- Professional written and spoken English
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year, up to two weeks each time
What they offer
- Distributed work with twice-yearly in-person sprints
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- Annual compensation review, more often for graduates
- Travel to meet colleagues at company events
This is our own short reading of the posting. The full description, and anything that has changed since, is on Canonical's careers page behind the apply button.
