Job Description
Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, known for its platform Ubuntu. They are hiring Graduate Software Engineers to work on a variety of software engineering challenges, focusing on both open source products and commercial business systems.
- Responsibilities
- Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months
- Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps
- Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of demanding daily users
- Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge
- Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers
- Responding to customer issues as a priority, develop an understanding of enterprise requirements
- Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation
- Skills
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses
- Confidence to get started and deliver high quality code in one of Python, Rust, C/C++, Golang, JavaScript or Java
- Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution
- Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
- Result-oriented and organized, with the drive to meet commitments
- Personal projects in technology and software engineering beyond the curriculum
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Personal responsibility and accountability
- Thoughtfulness, self-awareness and the ability to reflect and develop
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
- Upstream open source contributions
- Packaging and Linux distribution contributions - Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix or another
- Leadership and organization skills
- Presentation and writing skills
- Business and commercial interests
- Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
- Company Overview
- We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in London, England, GB, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.canonical.com/.
- Company H1B Sponsorship
- Canonical has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 4 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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