Microservices Engineer

Canonical Group - Milwaukee, WI

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - Milwaukee, WI

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Microservices Engineer role at Canonical focuses on back-end REST API microservices engineering using Go and Python. This position is open to engineers of all seniority levels who possess strong views on APIs, microservice design, engineering processes, and DevOps. The role is crucial for scaling services to support millions of Ubuntu clients and ensuring the health of critical infrastructure globally. The company aims to enhance practices, quality, and performance in web services, emphasizing scalability, resilience, and next-generation DevOps practices.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-designed, and robust software that works at scale
• Design APIs and software architecture for collegial review
• Write tests that validate software behaviour
• Build and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant applications and services
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Display technical leadership internally and within external communities
• Debug issues and produce high-quality solutions to resolve them
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
• Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

Requirements

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Proficiency in Python and/or Go
• History of writing modern, maintainable software
• Experience with relational and non-relational database systems
• Continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
• Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes
• Understanding of build systems and toolchains
• Experience with cross-compilation
• Experience with hyperscale public clouds and/or private clouds
• Experience with designing, building, and running distributed systems
• Performance engineering and security experience

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