Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux

About This Role

Join Canonical as a Graduate Software Engineer to contribute to open source software, specifically Ubuntu and Linux systems, and solve challenging engineering problems with a global team.

Responsibilities

• Shape the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months
• Focus on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps
• Write high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of demanding daily users
• Work towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge
• Engage with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers
• Respond to customer issues as a priority and develop an understanding of enterprise requirements
• Develop skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• 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

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses

Nice to Have

• 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

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits