Rust Engineering Lead - Linux and Open Source
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Job description
General application process for Rust engineers of all levels of seniority across Canonical's product teams, driving Rust adoption in Ubuntu and open source projects. After the first interview round, the best-fit product team is chosen based on the candidate's interests.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Design and implement well-tested and well-documented software in Rust
- Advocate for Rust adoption in Canonical and upstream projects
- Identify projects and codebases that could be prioritised for Rust adoption
- Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
- Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
- Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
- Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
- In some cases, deploy and operate services developed by the team
- Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy
What we're looking for
- 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
- For more senior roles, experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs
- Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
- Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience designing and writing high-quality Rust software on Linux
- Experience with and passion for Linux at the system level
- Professional written and spoken English
- The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
- 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 have
- Experience developing for Ubuntu
- Experience with LXD, MicroK8s, SnapD, IoT, Juju, Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro
- Performance engineering and security experience
Benefits
- 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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
How to get hired
- 1First round of interviews, after which the best fit product team is identified to progress the application
Apply
About Canonical
A leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. It is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
Mission
To deliver innovative open-source solutions to individuals and enterprises around the world
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- Publishes Ubuntu
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles; most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity
- Fairness globally
- High engineering standards