Canonical

Performance Engineer – Open Source

Canonical

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United Kingdom

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Tech Stack

Linux

About the role

  • Drive software performance and correctness in a specific project
  • Collaborate with colleagues and community around the globe
  • Work on shared tools and infrastructure for performance measurement, analysis and reporting
  • Teach, train and develop skills in your team for performance culture and design
  • Strengthen test capabilities, harnesses and pipelines
  • Analyze systems and code to understand performance and scalability
  • Solve problems directly or through influence, leadership and skills development
  • Review code and technical designs

Requirements

  • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
  • Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Mathematics or Physics
  • Demonstrable personal initiatives to measure and improve performance, efficiency and correctness in code
  • Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
  • Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
  • Leadership and commitment to skills development and mentorship
  • Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
  • The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
  • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
  • Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
  • Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
  • Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
  • Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
performance measurementperformance analysisperformance reportingcode reviewtechnical designscalability analysisproblem solvingsoftware correctnessefficiency improvementLinux
Soft Skills
leadershipmentorshipcommunicationinterpersonal skillscuriosityflexibilityaccountabilityself-motivationresult-orientedteam collaboration
Certifications
undergraduate degree in Computer Scienceundergraduate degree in Mathematicsundergraduate degree in Physics