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Job Summary:
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, known for its platform, Ubuntu. The Software Engineer - L3 Support role involves resolving complex customer problems related to Ubuntu and other open source software, maintaining relationships with various teams, and contributing to upstream communities.
Responsibilities:
• Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
• Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams
• Participate in upstream communities
• Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques
• Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities
• Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
• Maintain clear, technical and concise communications
• Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences
Qualifications:
Required:
• An exceptional academic track record
• Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
• Experience with Linux and open source software
• Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux
• A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep-dive difficult issues
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Preferred:
• 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 interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems
Company:
Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises. Founded in 2004, the company is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a team of 1001-5000 employees. The company is currently Late Stage. Canonical has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships.