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Canonical · 4 days ago

Software-Defined Networking Engineer

United States

Full-time

Remote

Senior Level

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Responsibilities

Work with the most advanced operating systems and network application technologies available

Collaborate with public clouds and network silicon providers

Design and implement the best software-defined networking experience for the latest hardware platforms and software stacks

Write high-quality, well-designed and well-documented software

Contribute to shape innovative product strategies

Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them

Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed organisation

Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind

Display technical leadership internally, towards our partners, and in the open source communities

Influence open-source projects and communities

Shape software-define networking products for evolving data centre architectures to meet ever-increasing bandwidth, reliability, security, and interoperability demands

Work from home, with global travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks duration

Qualification

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Required

Exceptional academic track record from high school and university

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about alternative path

Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations

Knowledge of networking: architecture, design, and protocols

Deep understanding of Linux networking, from kernel to user space

Fluency in at least one of Golang, C/C++, Rust or Python

Professional written and spoken English

Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)

Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability

Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments

Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Preferred

Familiarity with existing open source networking technologies - kernel (including eBPF, AF_XDP), OVS, OVN, SoNIC, DENT, Switchdev, DPDK, SPDK, 5G 3GPP, ONF stack, iwd, NetworkManager, etc.

Familiarity with data path hardware acceleration protocols and interfaces, such as RDMA, RoCE, iWARP, NVMe, SR-IOV

Computer architecture knowledge of x86, ARM, and RISC-V

Experience in complex IP network engineering and implementation

Experience with virtualization technologies, e.g., QEMU, KVM, etc.

Previous contribution to open source projects and community involvement

Familiarity with Kubernetes, Cloud-native Network Functions, and Container Network Interface plugins

Performance engineering and security experience

Benefits

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

Company

Canonical

Glassdoor

3.3

Canonical is a software company that markets commercial support and services for Ubuntu (Linux OS) and related projects.

Founded in 2004

London, England, GBR

501-1,000 employees

http://www.canonical.com

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