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Senior Engineer - Kuwait City - Canonical

Full time at Canonical in Kuwait
Posted on December 4, 2024

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Senior Engineer or Above in any team at Canonical. We will establish which teams might be an excellent fit, and progress your application with them after the first round of interviews. Canonical delivers open source to the world across every class of compute. We work on operating systems, programming languages, applications, devices, infrastructure and services using Golang, Python, C, C++, Rust for system services, and React and Flutter on the front end. A Senior Engineer is not only an outstanding software architect and coder, but also demonstrates the leadership qualities needed to rally a team to ship outstanding products. You will partner with an Engineering Manager who is also code-capable, and together take responsibility for team outcomes. In this role, you will make a significant contribution in Canonical's portfolio through high-quality code, technical leadership, team motivation and direction, exceptional design, and crisp documentation. You'll drive the architecture, design and evolution of high-impact open source. Our teams work at every level of the stack from kernel and system software to major language runtimes and cloud automation and distributed systems. This role gives you the opportunity to engage with the broader open-source community. We're looking for individuals who can help build a thriving community, contribute to a broad range of technologies, and ensure seamless software operations at scale. We have remote opportunities for Senior Engineers in every time zone.

Your Responsibilities:

  • Lead design and architecture of an impactful open source project
  • Code in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React
  • Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
  • Mentor, develop and advise colleagues in their career progression
  • Display technical leadership in Canonical and our communities
  • Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
  • Contribute to technical documentation with the aim to make it the best of its kind
  • Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

What we are looking for in you:

  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
  • Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
  • Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace
  • Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
  • Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
  • Deep experience with at least one of Go, Rust, Python or C
  • Subject matter expertise in your engineering domain
  • Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
  • Professional written and spoken English
  • Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring:

  • Experience with container technologies such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
  • Experience with highly concurrent, distributed systems
  • Experience with embedded systems
  • Performance engineering from kernel to web benchmarks, optimisation
  • Experience with software security fuzzing, tabletop threat models, analysis, audit
  • Experience build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation
  • Experience with public clouds or OpenStack
  • Experience with Debian/Ubuntu packaging
  • Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
  • Deep quality and test engineering
  • Web or Flutter front-end experience
  • REST and gRPC API experience
  • SQL and NoSQL data store expertise

What we offer you:

  • 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
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
About Canonical: Canonical 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 on a daily basis. We recruit globally 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration. #J-18808-Ljbffr

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