System Software Engineer - Ubuntu Networking

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT initiatives. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing, with a distributed workforce and occasional in-person team gatherings. We are hiring a System Software Engineer for Ubuntu Networking .

Our growing investment in Ubuntu enables us to hire engineers focused on the connectivity of Ubuntu across cloud, server, desktop, and IoT environments. We aim to strengthen tooling, services, documentation, robustness, security, and clarity of Linux network abstractions to provide fast, reliable, and secure connections for Ubuntu. The network stack is central to system stability and uptime across IoT, Desktop, Server, and Cloud. We work with upstream components and communities spanning diverse connectivity technologies, and we model Ubuntu connectivity with Netplan as a central tool.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Shape software-defined networking products for evolving data center architectures to meet bandwidth, reliability, security, and interoperability demands
• Write high-quality, well-documented software
• Debug issues and deliver high-quality code
• Collaborate with a globally distributed organization
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it among the best in its field
• Display technical leadership internally, with partners, and in open source communities
• Influence open-source projects and communities
• Shape innovative product strategies
• Work from home with international travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

Qualifications

What we offer

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company behind Ubuntu, we publish one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. We recruit on a global basis and uphold high standards for new hires. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004.

Equal opportunity

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience and background is valued, and all qualified applicants will receive fair consideration.

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