Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Porto

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and Io
T. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few
- based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring 2024 and 2025 Graduate Software Engineers into engineering teams around the world. As a global platform company we offer a wide range of software engineering challenges, in both open source products and commercial business systems. We have teams that work in a variety of languages, typically Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++, Java
Script and Bash. We work from the very lowest levels of the Linux system — BIOS and boot loaders, firmware, kernel and drivers, all the way up to desktop applications and containers. We work on devices from Raspberry Pi and new RISC-V boards to supercomputers, clouds and Kubernetes clusters. We work on compilers and toolchains, and we focus on security, cryptography, performance and documentation. Some teams focus on packaging thousands of pieces of software, while others focus on deep contributions to a single codebase. We offer fully remote roles in most cases.

If you are excited about the potential that open source has for humanity and the enterprise, have outstanding results in your academic career, and are eager to contribute to the open source stack, this is a strong way to apply to Canonical. We will help identify teams and projects that fit your skills and motivations. The process is highly competitive and will require effort and excellence to succeed if you apply here.

Most of our engineering teams work from home. We attempt to align a single team in a single time zone — EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean), and AMER (North, South and Central Americas). Even when you work from home, you will have colleagues to coach and mentor you, and to
- solve and pair program with. Larger projects may span the globe and involve multiple teams. We work with the open source community and emphasize building teams that operate well in the ecosystem of open source engineering. This is
- time work, five days a week, often solving hard problems with significant responsibility. Weekends are not generally required, and holidays are observed, with productive engagement Monday to Friday.

We bring engineering teams together in person twice a year for a deep sprint with other teams to stimulate discussion and enable a wide range of career development paths. This is a fantastic way to demonstrate and develop software skills, learn about technologies, and see interesting new cities on visits you might not otherwise make.

If you find the open source stack amazing and you have been a consistent
- performing student, this will be a challenging and exciting start to your career.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

The role entails

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

What we are looking for

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses
• Confidence to get started and deliver high quality code in one of Python, Rust, C/C++, Golang, Java
  Script or Java
• Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution
• Track record of going
  -
  - 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,
  - awareness and the ability to reflect and develop
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

• 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

What we offer colleagues

• Distributed work environment with
  - 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
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for
  - 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, Io
T and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - to succeed we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home 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 foster a workplace free from discrimination; diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

• Internship

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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