System Software Engineer - C / C++ / Rust / Kernel - Linux Container Technology at Canonical Nigeria

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 Title: System Software Engineer - C / C++ / Rust / Kernel - Linux Container Technology

Location: Lagos

Job Summary

• We are hiring a systems-level C programmer to focus on performance-critical, security-critical, low-level system libraries critical to Linux container capabilities. We are also interested in Rust for system-level programming in Ubuntu and more widely in Canonical.
• 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.

Responsibilities
What you will do:

• Design, implement and document features in low-level system container libraries (LXC and LXCFS)
• 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.

Requirements
Who you are:

• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have experience with two or more of cloud computing, virtualisation, containers, distributed systems, open-source community.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate and accountable
• You value soft skills and are enterprising, thoughtful and self-motivated
• You have experience with system programming in C on Linux
• You have knowledge or interest in Linux kernel features like namespaces, cgroups, networking or storage.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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