C, Golang Software Engineer

About the role

Canonical is seeking a software developer to focus on dqlite, a distributed SQLite database that utilizes a Raft library for consensus and replication. The role involves designing and implementing enhancements to libraft, dqlite, and go-dqlite components used in projects like MicroK8s and LXD. You will also engage with the open source community and commercial partners while responding to user inquiries.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement features across dqlite
• Debug and fix issues encountered by users
• Improve Jepsen tests, traditional HA database automated testing and stress tests
• Participate in engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with the open source community and commercial partners

Required skills

• Distributed systems
• C
• Raft
• Communication skills

Nice to have

• Asynchronous programming
• Concurrency patterns

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel opportunities
• Priority Pass
• Travel upgrades

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source and the publisher of Ubuntu. The company has been a remote-first organization since 2004 and focuses on breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, and IoT.