• Application Deadline:
• Position: Software Engineer - packaging - optimize Ubuntu Server


• Job Type Full Time


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

About the job

• This is an exciting opportunity for you, a software engineer passionate about open source software.


• Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company and help us to bring free software to the widest audience.


• Ubuntu Server is a platform that enables amazing technology the whole world over, and is the #1 operating system in the public clouds.


• Applicants to this role will have the opportunity to help with everything that goes into evolving Ubuntu.


• You will get to work with our experienced team and have the benefits of learning and growing alongside the best engineers in the business.

What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively within a distributed team


• Foster a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users


• Debug issues and facilitate their solution together with upstream projects


• Evaluate contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.


• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events


• Play a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both - new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere


• Own the maintenance of Ubuntu Server packages. Specifically but not limited to:
  
  
  
  • Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc)
  
  
  • Virtualisation and Containers
  
  
  • Package management and dependencies
  
  
  
  


• Collaborate with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people


• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable


• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated


• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher)


• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Distribution Development; debugging issues in a wide range of software; creation of test environments and reproducibility steps; administration and optimization of complex workloads; coding in Python, Go or Rust; packaging or distributing software; Public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud and, IBM Cloud


• Involvement in open source projects in the past a plus

What we offer you

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.


• We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus.


• We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.


• 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