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About the role
Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer to contribute to Juju, a large open-source Go project that powers complex distributed software systems across the world. This is a globally remote role.
Juju is the engine behind model-driven operations, providing a means to operate complex software on public cloud, private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare-metal. Combined with the Ops framework, Juju provides a complete solution for applications and infrastructure management.
Many internal and external teams depend on Juju to deliver their products and services, from Canonical Managed Solutions and OpenStack and cloud delivery teams to Fortune 500 companies.
What you'll do
- Contribute to the design, delivery, and support of features in a highly concurrent, highly distributed system that drives cloud automation and software operations at scale.
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
- Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly.
- Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields.
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
- Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events.
What they're looking for
- Experience developing software using Go.
- Excellent communication skills in the English language, both verbal and written, especially in online environments.
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university.
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
Nice to have
- Hands-on experience developing highly concurrent distributed systems.
- Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.).
- Solid networking background and experience.
- Experience with agile software development methodologies.
- Experience in the Linux and open-source software world.
- Experience with configuration management software (Ansible, Chef, Puppet, et al.).
- Working knowledge of cloud computing.
- Experience with software packaging (Debian, snaps).
- Programming with, and operating, SQL and NoSQL databases.
- Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project, including community open source contributions.
- Demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions.
- Prior experience developing plugins for Terraform.
Benefits, as listed
The hot takeJeff's read on Canonical
Canonical is a bit tricky for me to review for a few reasons:
Their Glassdoor reviews have dropped down to 3.1 (March 25, 2026), right at my threshold. I'd want to see this start trending in the correct direction in order to consider them for inclusion again.
I like they they have yearly sprints in cool locations like Cape Town, Madrid, and London.
I like that hire-from-anywhere/work-from-anywhere roles are clearly labeled on the job listings as "worldwide."
I'd like to read more about how they feel about their employees traveling as a digital nomad, or being location-independent in general.
I'd like to see more details about the perks they do or don't offer employees, though I suspect they vary by hiring region.
Please get back to me, because I would like to include you again, but need a few more details to do so.