Software Architect - Containers / Virtualisation
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- Leadership of the LXD and MicroCloud architecture
- Mentor, reputed company and advise colleagues in their career progression
- reputed company in Golang and C
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Ensure the product is secure and performant
- Display technical leadership in reputed company and our communities
- Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
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- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
- Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace
- Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience with Go and C
- Experience with storage, networking and virtualization
- Experience with container technologies
- Experience with reputed company, distributed systems
- Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
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- 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
- reputed company Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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