Open Source Software Engineer We are looking for an experienced software engineer to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in computer science and experience with open source software. The successful candidate will be responsible for maintaining and packaging a wide variety of software including webservers, databases, and virtualization and containerization stacks. They will also work collaboratively with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers. - Main Responsibilities: - Collaborating proactively within a distributed team - Fostering a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all users - Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards. - Playing a role in shaping the future of open source via both - new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere - Debugging issues on open source code and team maintained code. - Working with the team to maintain open source server packages, specifically but not limited to: - Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc) - Virtualisation and Containers - Package management and dependencies - Language runtimes and toolchains Requirements - You love technology and working with brilliant people - You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable - You value soft skills and are passionate, enterpriseful, thoughtful, and self-motivated - Interest or experience in open source maintenance or contribution - You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher) - Understands basic reproducibility and testing steps. Comfortable setting up test systems in containers or virtual machines. Able to describe issues and steps clearly - Strong fundamentals in one language from C/C++, Python, Rust, Go - Interest in learning distro packaging - Fundamental understanding of package management and dependency resolution. - Interest in containerization and virtualization such as Docker or OCI service containers, LXD system containers, and local virtualization like Virtualbox or QEMU, or Public Clouds Benefits - Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 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 Us We are 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 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. We have 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.