Job title: Senior Software Engineer – Packaging – Optimize Ubuntu Server Job at Canonical Nigeria
Company: Canonical
Job description: Canonical – We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation – Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it’s the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.We are recruiting to fill the position below:Job Position: Senior Software Engineer – Packaging – Optimize Ubuntu ServerJob Location: Lagos
Job type: Full timeThe role entails
- Collaborating proactively within a distributed team
- Fostering a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
- Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.
- Playing a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both – new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere
- Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
- Owning the maintenance of Ubuntu Server packages. Specifically but not limited to:
- Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc)
- Virtualisation and Containers
- Package management and dependencies
- Language runtimes and toolchains
- Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
What we are looking for in you
- You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher) or equivalent professional experience (5+ years of professional experience).
- You love technology and working with brilliant people
- You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
- You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
- Interest or experience in open source maintenance or contributions
- Able to replay complex workloads and systems. Able to write detailed test plans and reproducibility steps.
- Feel comfortable contributing and debugging many languages such as C/C++, Python, Rust, Go, Ruby, PHP
- Experience in packaging in one or more ecosystems. This could be language specific systems (Python wheels, Rust Crates, Go Modules, or other equivalent) or any distro package format (deb, rpm, NixOS, or other equivalent).
- Experience using and creating containers and virtual machines.
What we offer colleagues
- 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 recognise 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
Expected salary:
Location: Nigeria
Job date: Fri, 04 Jul 2025 23:56:22 GMT