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The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.\r\nWe are hiring a Software Engineer, Sustaining Engineering for ...\r\nLocation : This is a globally remote role.\r\nThis role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require software engineering for upstream fixes. Our engineers have to be able to work productively at any level of the stack above the kernel, in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our enterprise customers, partners and Ubuntu itself. You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.\r\nThis role entails\r\nResponsibilities\r\nResolving complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software\r\nMaintaining a close working relationship with Canonical\\'s field, support and product engineering teams\r\nParticipating in upstream communities\r\nDeveloping fixes, backporting patches, and working with upstream for inclusion\r\nReviewing code produced by other engineers\r\nDemonstrating good judgement in technical methods and techniques\r\nPrioritizing work and managing your time effectively against those priorities\r\nParticipating in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation\r\nMaintaining clear, technical and concise communications\r\nWorking from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences\r\nWhat we are looking for in you\r\nProfessional experience as a software engineer\r\nBackground in Computer Science, STEM or similar\r\nStrong experience with Linux, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies\r\nStrong development-level experience with Python, Go, C, C++ on Linux\r\nAbility to troubleshoot with gdb and other tools\r\nFamiliarity with git source code repositories and branches\r\nAn exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university\r\nWillingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events\r\nNice-to-have skills\r\nYou love technology and working with brilliant people\r\nYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable\r\nYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated\r\nYou have interest in, and experience with most of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems\r\nWhat we offer colleagues\r\nDistributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we\\'ve been working remotely since 2004!\r\nPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year\r\nAnnual compensation review\r\nRecognition rewards\r\nAnnual holiday leave\r\nMaternity and paternity leave\r\nEmployee Assistance Programme\r\nOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others\r\nPriority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events\r\nAbout Canonical\r\nCanonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.\r\nCanonical is an equal opportunity employer\r\nWe are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. 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