Software Engineer, Cross-platform C++ – Multipass
Use your deep C++ skills
on Windows and MacOS to build an amazing open source developer experience with Multipass,
the workstation mini-cloud at your fingertips which provides Ubuntu and
appliance VMs on demand for build, test and prototyping. The Multipass team is
hiring a Senior Software Engineer to join our distributed team. We greatly
value quality in our code, and great user experience.
Multipass is published for
macOS and Windows, and also Linux. Think of it as a workstation mini-cloud. At
its simplest you can simply say multipass launch and
you will get a new VM on your workstation. You can feed that VM data, just as
you would on a public cloud like AWS, Azure or GCP. There is also a collection
of pre-defined VM images, which we call appliances, just as you would find in
the marketplace of any public cloud.
The goal is not to be a full cloud of course. The goal is to give developers a local cloud on their workstation, which they can use to run builds in the background, or to try cloud appliances, or to test their own cloud deployments and cloud-init scripts, free of charge. People sometimes use it as a build farm on a shared server, for example.
As a Senior Software
Engineer you are expected to play a leadership role designing, mentoring,
reviewing and of course coding.
What you will do
- Ensure
Multipass is easy and intuitive to use
- Architect
new features and design the user experience
- Write
high-quality code to create new features and fix bugs
- Review
code and architecture as part of Canonical’s engineering process
- Collaborate
proactively with a distributed team
- Debug,
track down and fix issues encountered by our users
- Foster
the open source community and support customers when needed
- Travel
internationally for up to two weeks, twice a year, for company events
A successful candidate will have
- Cross-platform
development experience on macOS and/or Windows
- Expertise
in modern C++ development
- Experience
with software testing and test-driven development
- Extremely
high personal standards for code quality, testing and design
- Knowledge
of hypervisor technologies such as Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM, and QEMU
- Open
source experience and involvement
- Knowledge
of CI systems a plus
- Capacity
to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
- Excellent
communication skills in English – both verbal and written
- Bachelor’s
or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
What is Canonical?
Canonical is a growing
international software company that works with the open-source community to
deliver Ubuntu, “the world’s best free software platform”. Our services help
businesses worldwide to reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security
with Ubuntu.
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.
Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work
environment and better products. Whatever your identity,
we will give your application fair consideration.
How to Apply
