Job Vacancies at Canonical

What your day will look like

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, leading by example, and feedback
• Support timely delivery of core and specialised Ubuntu kernels
• Oversee commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering
• Ensure an ongoing commitment to strict quality and reliability standards
• Engage with other teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners
• Work from home with travel globally 2-3 times a year for up to two weeks, for internal and external engineering events

What we are looking for in you

• Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages also highly regarded
• Substantial experience with Linux kernel internals and concepts
• Solid understanding Linux kernel development principles
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers
• Contributed to an open source project in the past
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral

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What your day will look like

• Collaborate regularly and proactively with a globally distributed team
• Work closely with our silicon vendor partners to integrate their platform support into the Ubuntu Linux kernel for their product ranges
• Diagnose and resolve issues in the kernel reported by partners, customers, the community at large, and discovered by your own rigorous testing
• Take responsibility for the delivery of distinct silicon-optimised variants of the Ubuntu Linux kernel to the world
• Improve tooling and automation for the delivery and test of Ubuntu Linux kernels
• Submit, review, and apply kernel patches, working with both internal and external upstream maintainers
• Identify new means of maximising performance on partner silicon

What we are looking for in you

• Well-organised and motivated self-starter able to thrive in a remote work environment
• Professional manner with colleagues, business partners, and the open-source community
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and verbal
• Significant programming ability in C
• Strong grasp of device drivers, BSP's, and other aspects of hardware-level system engineering
• Solid background with git
• Understanding of operating system kernel fundamentals
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks length

Additional skills that you might also bring

• Python and Bash scripting ability
• Prior background with the major SoC families
• Ubuntu/Debian/Snap packaging
• Demonstrated experience with Linux kernel patching and debugging
• Solid understanding of performance optimisation for silicon platforms

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Key responsibilities

• Lead complex NetSuite configuration, workflows, customization, and integration
• Implement best practices for data governance, security, and compliance within NetSuite.
• Demonstrate proficiency in script understanding and problem resolution
• Develop and maintain reports, dashboards, and KPIs to provide insights into business performance
• Coordinate regular system maintenance, upgrades, and troubleshooting to ensure optimal performance and reliability
• Provide training and support to end-users to enhance their efficiency and proficiency with NetSuite.
• Oversee Sandbox accounts for development and testing, ensuring seamless deployment of customizations and updates to the production environment
• Stay updated on new NetSuite features and functionalities, assessing their potential impact on business processes
• Drive process and systems improvements across teams for end-to-end automation of the revenue life cycle
• Incorporate industry best practices and emerging technology to raise the bar for reporting speed and accuracy
• Review and evaluate the revenue recognition impact of non-standard contracts and new products
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of revenue accounting and systems accounting professionals
• Assist in month-end revenue close, including reconciliations, fluctuation analysis, and other reporting
• Develop and maintain effective internal over revenue transactions and reporting
• Research and write accounting memos on significant revenue recognition and other policy matters
• Act as the primary liaison with external auditors in matters related to order-to-cash

Valued Skills And Experience

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• An undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance, or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• CPA, CA or equivalent with excellent technical accounting skills and IFRS experience
• A detailed understanding of IFRS 15 and relevant rules related to SaaS and services
• Leadership or management responsibility
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Experience of software licensing, subscription and services revenue accounting and operations
• Experience driving revenue recognition and scaling accounting processes in a high-growth environment
• Experience with ERP, Rev Rec, CRM, CPQ and other relevant software categories - NetSuite and Salesforce preferred
• Experience in a multi-country multi-currency, operations and tax environment
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Additional, Optional Skills We Value

• Public company reporting and revenue accounting experience
• Software implementation, integration and user acceptance
• Software engineering qualification or experience
• A passion for technology and a desire to work with motivated colleagues
• MBA or other relevant business degree

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What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively within a distributed team
• Foster a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
• Debug issues and facilitate their solution together with upstream projects
• Evaluate contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
• Play a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both - new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere
• Own 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 (python, golang, rust, etc)
• Collaborate with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers

Who you are

• 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
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher)
• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Distribution Development; debugging issues in a wide range of software; creation of test environments and reproducibility steps; administration and optimization of complex workloads; coding in Python, Go or Rust; packaging or distributing software; Public clouds like AWS, GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud and, IBM Cloud
• You enjoy switching projects frequently and learning about a wide range of technologies
• Involvement in open source projects in the past a plus

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Key responsibilities

• Collaborate with Product Management, Sales Operations, Sales, Legal, and FP&A teams to design standard contracts
• Drive process and configuration improvements in NetSuite and related systems for end-to-end automation of the revenue life cycle
• Incorporate industry best practices and emerging technology to raise the bar for reporting speed and accuracy
• Review and evaluate the revenue recognition impact of non-standard contracts and new products
• Lead, mentor and develop a team of revenue accounting and systems accounting professionals
• Assist in month-end revenue close, including reconciliations, fluctuation analysis, and other reporting
• Develop and maintain effective internal over revenue transactions and reporting
• Research and write accounting memos on significant revenue recognition and other policy matters
• Act as the primary liaison with external auditors in matters related to order-to-cash

Valued Skills And Experience

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• An undergraduate degree in Accounting or Finance, or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• CPA, CA or equivalent with excellent technical accounting skills and IFRS experience
• A detailed understanding of IFRS 15 and relevant rules related to SaaS and services
• Leadership or management responsibility
• A track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Experience of software licensing, subscription and services revenue accounting and operations
• Experience driving revenue recognition and scaling accounting processes in a high-growth environment
• Experience with ERP, Rev Rec, CRM, CPQ and other relevant software categories - NetSuite and Salesforce preferred
• Experience in a multi-country multi-currency, operations and tax environment
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Additional, Optional Skills We Value

• Public company reporting and revenue accounting experience
• Software implementation, integration and user acceptance
• Software engineering qualification or experience
• A passion for technology and a desire to work with motivated colleagues
• MBA or other relevant business degree