Canonical

Distributed Systems Engineer

EMEA (Remote)

Senior

REMOTE

Canonical is hiring a Distributed Systems Engineer to work remotely from the EMEA region on its IoT telemetry and connectivity platform. You will design and build high-performance APIs, data streaming pipelines, and governance systems using Go and Python, contributing to a globally distributed SaaS and on-prem product suite built on Ubuntu. The role involves cross-functional collaboration, code review, mentoring, and occasional global travel.

Python

REST API design

Distributed systems

Data streaming (MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Cybersecurity and IAM

Encryption and access control

GDPR / HIPAA compliance

OpenTelemetry

OPC-UA

ModBus

Cloud SaaS architecture

Containerization

Ubuntu / Linux

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