Containerization Virtualisation Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description
Canonical is seeking talented software engineers with expertise in virtualization and container technology to develop and improve open source projects such as VMM, Docker images, LXD, and Kubernetes components, focusing on performance, security, and system-level development in a remote, global team environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and specify new features for virtualization and container technologies
- Engage with upstream communities to collaborate on development
- Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure system security
- Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimize products
- Write high-quality code to develop new features and fix issues
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions with a distributed team
Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
- Experience working on open source virtualization or container technology.
- Experience working in the kernel or very low level system.
- Professional written and spoken English skills.
- Experience with Linux Debian or Ubuntu preferred.
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills.
- Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments.
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each.
- Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach.
- Engage with upstream communities in your area of expertise.
- Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defense in depth.
- Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimize your product.
- 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.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus
Additional benefits reflecting company values and local needs
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
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
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