About the Job
The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
We are hiring Rust Engineering Leads of all levels of experience to drive the adoption of this exciting language into the full range of Canonical offerings, starting with Ubuntu but also our own projects and open source offerings. We see Rust as an important new language for system level services and capabilities, a...
We also want to ensure that Ubuntu is the very best platform for Rust development, offering easy access to the widest range of tooling and capabilities that support cutting edge open source and enterprise development.
Required Skills & Abilities
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
Experience developing for Ubuntu
Experience with LXD, MicroK8s, SnapD, IoT, Juju, Ubuntu Core, Ubuntu Pro
Performance engineering and security experience
