
The Emirates Group
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Software Engineer - packaging - optimize Ubuntu Server
RemoteOK - Worldwide
March 7, 2024
Full time
Salary Range
150k ~ 170k AED / year
Language Reqirements
Ar:
Not Required
En:
Not Required
Minimum Experience
Intermediate (2~4 years) or above
Company Description
Just as Dubai aims to rise among the ranks of the world's major cities, Emirates wants to take its place among the world's leading airlines. The carrier provides scheduled passenger and cargo services to more than 100 destinations in about 60 countries around the globe. Emirates operates a fleet of more than 130 Boeing and Airbus jets and about 10 cargo freighters. The airline is owned by the government of Dubai, one of seven city-states that makes up the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Emirates is part of the Emirates Group, which also includes airport management and travel agencies (Dnata), and …
Job Description:
Responsibilities:
- 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 for 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
- Play a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhere
- Own the maintenance of Ubuntu Server packages, including traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc.), virtualization, containers, package management, and dependencies
- Collaborate with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree
- 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
- Involvement in open source projects in the past is a plus
Who You Are:
- Love technology and working with brilliant people
- Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
- Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
Benefits:
- Fully remote working environment
- Global travel opportunities for internal and external events
- Opportunity to shape the future of Ubuntu
- Collaboration with experienced and skilled engineers
- Learning and growth alongside the best engineers in the business