Engineering jobs at Canonical and Other Companies in Kenya

 
Deadline of this Job: 29 September 2022

This is an exceptional opportunity for an open source technologist who enjoys solving problems under pressure.
• The main functions of this position are to:
• Apply your knowledge of Linux virtualisation using Libvirt/KVM, containers and Kubernetes along with your knowledge of TCP/IP networking to support customised solutions for our customers.
• Act as the technical authority and demonstrate your experience with popular open source software such as PostgreSQL, Corosync/Pacemaker, MongoDB, MySQL and Apache.
• Provide advice on deployed architecture, implementing solutions for complex problems and guiding customers to successful data-centre infrastructure operations
• Communicate regularly with the customer team about ongoing issues
• If you have a passion for the latest open source technologies, technical support, cloud-native development, data-centre technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes and networking, you will love the Senior Software Support Engineer role at Canonical.

The successful Senior Software Support Engineer will have:
• BA/BS degree in Computer Science or related technical field
• Open source development or scripting experience
• Professional experience with either OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph and/or Ubuntu
• Must be able to speak English fluently
• Excellent communication skills and extensive experience in customer-facing positions
• High motivation, ability to multi-task and follow-up reliably on commitments
• Experience with or willingness to learn new technologies, including LXD, Snaps, MAAS, Juju and Ubuntu
• Ability to travel

Deadline of this Job: 29 September 2022

What you'll do
• Develop system daemons with REST APIs in Golang
• Integrate diverse bootloaders and maintain gadget snaps
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code with unit tests to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality fixes
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events

Deadline of this Job: 29 September 2022

What you'll do
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Work with highly technical team to define and shape the boot architecture of Ubuntu
• Work with teams focused on Ubuntu for server, desktop, IoT and clouds
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality fixes
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks a year for internal and external events

Deadline of this Job: 29 September 2022

What you will d
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Select, integrate and package best-of-breed tooling with Ubuntu to improve developer and operator experience with Rust
• Write high-quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks a year for internal and external events

Deadline of this Job: 29 September 2022

What you'll do
• Lead a team of remote engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review

Other Companies in Kenya
Deadline of this Job: 06 October 2022  

Deadline of this Job: 30 September 2022