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Large organization
200 + Employees
Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company.
Canonical – We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation – Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it’s the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
Job Title: Distributed Systems Software Engineer, Python/Go
Location: Lagos (Remote)
Employment Type: Full-time
What your day will look like
- Create automated testing approaches and infrastructure for validating reliability, performance, and resilience of cloud orchestration tools and applications
- Enable engineering teams across Canonical to develop software with confidence by making distributed system testing tooling available across the company
- Enhance continuous integration pipelines for deploying and testing Canonical’s cloud native products such as Kubeflow
- Deploy, manage, and debug highly distributed systems
- Monitor and report on automated testing efforts
- Collaborate daily with a globally distributed team
What we are looking for in you
- Solid background in modern test processes and strategies
- Experience with Python or Go development
- Strong object oriented development skills
- Ability to develop and ship production grade modern web applications
- Working knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub CI
- Knowledge of networking technologies and fundamentals
- Solid understanding of Linux system architecture
- A capacity for complex abstract thinking
- Capability for 2-4 weeks of international travel travel per year
Additional skills that you might also bring:
- Collecting and analyzing large multidimensional datasets
- Operating data platforms: key-value stores, relational or document databases, event buses
- Work with cloud technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS
- Developing AI/ML pipelines.
What we offer you
- Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills.
- In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation.
- Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
- In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.
- Fully remote working environment – we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Parental Leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
- Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events.
Application Closing Date.
Not Specified.
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