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# Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer

- **Company:** Canonical
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Flutter, Application Packaging, C++ (Programming Language), Ubuntu (Operating System), Code Review, Software Debugging, Linux, Python (Programming Language), Linux Distribution, Information Technology, Free and Open-Source Software, Golang
- **Published:** July 31, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.workingnomads.com/job/go/1762253/

## About the Role

* 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
 * Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
 * Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
 * A demonstrated passion for open source software
 * Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
 * Professional written and spoken English
 * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
 * Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
 * Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each, * Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
 * Experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
 * Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
 * Performance or Security Engineering experience

## Description

Based on the first round of interviews, we identify specific teams where you might be an excellent fit and conduct second-round interviews with those teams. Our leads are:

 * Leading their teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
 * Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
 * Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
 * Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
 * Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
 * Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
 * Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
 * Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects
 * Optimizing the distribution for performance, reliability, and security
 * Debugging complex system-level issues and delivering robust solutions
 * Authoring and improving technical and community documentation, We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
 * 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


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