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CanonicalStaff Software Engineer for Identity Management (Go/Golang)
Canonical has an opening at staff level for a software engineer working on identity management. The position is full-time and fully remote, and can be filled…
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Canonical has an opening at staff level for a software engineer working on identity management. The position is full-time and fully remote, and can be filled from either the EMEA or the AMER side. The engineer focuses on authorization and access control spanning the company's enterprise products and web services, with Go the main language and Python used too. The job modernises the identity tooling used to handle authentication and…
Job Description
Canonical has an opening at staff level for a software engineer working on identity management. The position is full-time and fully remote, and can be filled from either the EMEA or the AMER side. The engineer focuses on authorization and access control spanning the company's enterprise products and web services, with Go the main language and Python used too.
The job modernises the identity tooling used to handle authentication and authorization across Canonical's products and its public websites. Changes affect everyone who uses a Canonical product. The engineer also writes Juju charms that automate operational chores.
The engineer takes ownership of the system's design and its delivery, drives integration work, and leads technical discussions with a geographically dispersed team. The posting says technical strength and a software engineering background are essential. Secure coding and adherence to standards matter, and the role calls for earlier experience creating identity and access management software.
The ideal candidate is a staff-level or senior engineer who knows open identity standards such as OpenID, OAuth and LDAP, has built authorization frameworks in distributed systems, and feels at home using Ubuntu to develop and ship software.
Responsibilities
- Guide technical work and discussions across a distributed team
- Create tidy web service APIs for command-line and browser-based clients, using Go and Python
- Take features from specification through to live, large-scale operation
- Review code and set quality expectations
- Build endpoints for management, authentication and authorization
- Design and implement end-user login flows
- Write Juju charms that handle operational tasks
- Modernise the identity stack by adopting leading identity and access management technology
- Keep quality and engineering excellence at the centre of the team's work
Requirements
- Staff-level or experienced senior engineer with identity and access management product experience
- Knowledge of open identity standards and protocols, for example OpenID, OAuth and LDAP
- Background in building authorization frameworks for distributed systems
- Commitment to secure coding and recognised standards
- Comfortable with Ubuntu for development and deployment
- Strong academic record, plus an undergraduate degree in a technical field or a persuasive alternative route
- Professional English in writing and speech, with strong presentation ability
- Interpersonal skill, curiosity, flexibility and accountability
- Able to attend international company events twice a year, each up to two weeks
Core Skills
Benefits
- Pay considers location, experience and performance, reviewed annually
- Annual bonus or commission tied to results
- Learning allowance of USD 2,000 yearly
- Recognition awards
- Team conferences held in person twice a year
- Annual leave, maternity leave and paternity leave
- Wellbeing support via the Team Member Assistance Program
- Opportunities to visit new places and meet colleagues, plus Priority Pass and upgraded long-haul company travel
Frequently Asked Questions
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Is the role remote?
Yes. It is remote and based across the EMEA and AMER regions.
What does the role involve?
It covers authorization and access control across enterprise products and web services. Go and Python are the main languages, and Juju charms are also written.
What experience is required?
Staff-level or experienced senior engineering experience with identity and access management products is required, along with knowledge of OpenID, OAuth and LDAP.
Is salary stated?
No figure is listed. Pay depends on location, experience and performance, and the posting mentions a bonus or commission tied to results.
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