Containerization Virtualisation Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Remote
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Job Description
This role involves designing, developing, and maintaining open source virtualization, container, and cloud infrastructure technologies, working on kernel-level and user-space components, and collaborating with global teams to enhance security, performance, and usability of modern cloud computing solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and specify new features for virtualization and container technologies
- Engage with upstream open source communities
- Conduct security analysis and reviews
- Create and monitor performance benchmarks
- Collaborate with a distributed team
- Write high-quality code to develop new features
- Debug issues and produce code fixes
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions
Requirements
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path demonstrating equivalent knowledge and skills.
- Experience working on open source virtualization or container technology.
- Experience working in the kernel or very low level system programming.
- 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, build consensus on approach, engage with upstream communities, conduct security analysis and reviews, create and monitor performance benchmarks, collaborate proactively with a distributed team, write high quality code, debug issues, review code, and discuss ideas with team members.
- Demonstrated drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus
Additional benefits reflecting company values and local needs
Distributed work environment with remote roles in every time zone
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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