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Golang Engineer

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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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 an 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
  • Participation in engineering processes through code and architectural reviews
  • Collaboration with community and colleagues on technical specifications
  • 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 interacting professionally with colleagues, partners, and community
  • Experience with Linux Debian or Ubuntu preferred
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to work in a fully remote and distributed environment
  • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Benefits & Perks

Competitive compensation with annual review and performance-driven bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with fully remote roles
Twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations worldwide
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Program
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Travel upgrades for long haul company events

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