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Containerization & Virtualisation Engineer

Containerization & Virtualisation Engineer

CanonicalWorkFromHome, Eastern Cape, South Africa
30+ days ago
Job description

Canonical Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

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 IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders across sectors. Canonical is a founder-led, profitable, and growing company with a distributed workforce in 70+ countries. Teams meet in person two to four times per year in various locations to align on strategy and execution. We are remote-first with many roles available globally.

Location : Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. We offer remote containerisation and virtualisation engineering roles in every time zone.

What you will focus on

Containerisation and virtualisation engineering work spanning from kernel through userspace, focusing on next-generation open source VMM and container technology, or related open source networking and storage. Projects include work on RustVMM, LXD, MicroK8s / Charmed Kubernetes, OpenStack, and related cloud infrastructure efforts.

Responsibilities

  • Design and specify new features, building consensus on approach
  • Engage with upstream communities in your area of expertise
  • Conduct security analysis and reviews to ensure defence in depth
  • Create and monitor performance benchmarks to optimise your product
  • Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
  • Write high quality code to create new features
  • Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
  • Review code produced by other engineers
  • Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions

What we are looking for in you

  • 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
  • You have worked on open source virtualization or container tech
  • Experience working in the kernel or very low level system
  • 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

    • Additional Skills We Value

  • Performance engineering and security experience

    • What we offer you

    We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually and offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits reflecting our values and local needs.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-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
  • Employee Assistance Programme
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events

    • About Canonical

    Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a cornerstone open source project and platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we recruit on a global basis and maintain high standards for new joiners. Canonical has been remote-first since 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smart, learn new skills, and raise your game.

    Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. We will give every applicant fair consideration.

    Seniority level

  • Entry level

    • Employment type

  • Full-time

    • Job function

  • Engineering and Information Technology

    • Industries

  • Software Development

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