Golang System Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualisation

Canonical Group - Kansas City, MO

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Kansas City, MO

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Golang System Software Engineer will play a crucial role in developing a next-generation private cloud infrastructure by working on the low-level Go codebase that interfaces with REST APIs and C libraries for managing containers and virtual machines. This position requires a strong understanding of system-level programming and data management, contributing to a complex distributed system that supports enterprise deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement and document system level Go code
• Model data, design database schema and implement data storage in a dqlite (SQL) database
• Maintain code quality through static analysis, unit and system tests
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks/year for internal and external events

Requirements

• Experience programming in Go and C
• Knowledgeable in networking and storage technologies
• Experience with cloud computing, virtualization, containers, distributed systems, or open source community
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Nice-to-haves

• Curious, flexible, articulate and accountable
• Valuing soft skills and being enterprising, thoughtful and self-motivated

Benefits

• Performance-driven annual bonus
• 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