Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go)

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer to be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, assisting the manager in running the team, coaching and developing colleagues with less experience, as well as owning functional areas from design and implementation all the way to support and maintenance. As a senior software engineer, you'll be an integral part of the team, driving process improvement, assisting the manager in running the team, coaching and developing colleagues with less experience, as well as owning functional areas from design and implementation all the way to support and maintenance. Juju is the engine behind model-driven operations, providing a means to operate complex software on public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal. Combined with the Ops framework, Juju provides a complete solution for applications and infrastructure management. Many internal and external teams depend on Juju to deliver their products and services - from Canonical Managed Solutions, our OpenStack and cloud delivery teams, to Fortune 500 companies. Location: This is a Globally remote role. What your day will look like • Own the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale. • Collaborate proactively with a distributed team • Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly • Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields • Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions • Coach and develop team members with less experience, actively contributing to building and maintaining a first-class engineering team. • Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events What we are looking for in you • Proven track record of professional software delivery using Go. • Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems • Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university • Experience with agile software development methodologies • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events Additional skills that you might also bring The following skills may be helpful to you in the role, but we don't expect everyone to bring all of them. • Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.) • Experience doing development in C, C++, Rust, or other low-level programming languages. • Solid networking background and experience • Experience in the Linux and open-source software world • Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.) • Working knowledge of cloud computing • Passionate about software quality and testing • Experience with packaging (Debian, snaps) • Programming with, and operating, SQL and NoSQL databases • Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project -- even

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