Junior Golang Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualization / API
Job description
We are hiring a junior Golang software
engineer to help with the development of additional services to bring LXD’s
scalability to the next level. We are looking for developers with experience in
REST API design/implementation and a good background in database design and
data management/modelling.
The LXD team is responsible for the design,
development and evolution of LXD, a modern system container and virtual machine
manager that is widely used on Ubuntu, ChromeOS and other Linux platforms. LXD
components span the entire software stack from low-level kernel features to the
upper level management REST API and CLI.
This is an opportunity for someone who wants
to have a meaningful impact on modern cloud computing technologies. Canonical
offers a fun, fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and
development.
What you will do
- Design, implement and document
REST APIs inside a Go codebase
- Model data, design database
schemas and implement data storage in a dqlite (SQL) database
- Integrate with external REST APIs
and other external services (logging, monitoring, …)
- Maintain code quality through
static analysis, unit and system tests
- Collaborate proactively with a
distributed team
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on
finding good solutions
- Work from home with global travel
2 to 4 weeks/year for internal and external events
Who you are
- You are curious, flexible,
articulate and accountable
- You value soft skills and are
enterprising, thoughtful and self-motivated
- You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent
in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
- You have experience programming
in Go
- You have experience in designing
or implementing REST APIs
- You have database and data
modelling experience
- You have experience with two or
more of: cloud computing, virtualization, containers, distributed systems,
open source community
