Golang Engineer
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
Canonical is seeking Golang engineers to design, develop, and maintain high-performance, secure software components for Ubuntu and related open-source projects in a fully remote, distributed environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Go
- Debug and fix issues encountered by users
- Participate in code and architectural reviews
- Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
- Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
- Deploy and operate services developed by the team in some cases
- Contribute to the success of products through technical advocacy
Requirements
- Experience designing and writing high-quality Golang software on Linux
- Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
- An undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Experience in professional written and spoken English
- Ability to deliver well-tested and documented software in Go
- Ability to debug and fix issues encountered by users
- Experience participating in engineering processes through code and architectural reviews
- Experience collaborating with community and colleagues on technical specifications
- Experience seeking improvements to engineering and operations practices
- Experience deploying and operating services developed by the team (for more senior roles)
- Experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs (for more senior roles)
- Experience with Linux Debian or Ubuntu preferred
- Experience interacting professionally with colleagues, partners, and community
- Personal motivation and strong engineering standards
- Ability to work in a fully remote and distributed environment
- Willingness and ability to travel twice a year for company events, up to two weeks each
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and recognition rewards
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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