The company is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems tailored for global enterprise and technology markets. With Ubuntu at the forefront, the company facilitates breakthrough initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company boasts a pioneering global distributed collaboration model with a workforce of over 1200 individuals across 75+ countries, maintaining a minimal number of office-based roles.
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In this role, you will serve as a Software Engineer focused on Distributed Systems Testing, eager to build and validate resilient distributed systems. You will play a crucial role in ensuring the success of those who leverage the company’s Ubuntu and Juju for multi-cloud deployable applications. Quality engineering is considered a top-tier engineering practice here, and you will be expected to contribute deep engineering insights along with a data-driven approach to testing, automation, reporting, and analytics.
The distributed systems testing team is responsible for ensuring high quality across the company’s Cloud solutions, which utilize tools such as Juju, Terraform, OpenStack, and Kubernetes. You'll have the opportunity to develop CI pipelines that drive the company’s cloud integration testing and reporting, test products on new clouds, and enhance AI/ML pipelines for the automatic analysis of test results.
Key Responsibilities:
- Create automated testing frameworks for assessing the reliability and performance of cloud orchestration tools.
- Enable engineering teams by making distributed system testing tools accessible company-wide.
- Enhance CI pipelines for deploying and testing the company’s cloud-native products.
- Deploy, manage, and debug highly distributed systems across various platforms.
- Monitor and report on automated testing efforts.
- Collaborate daily with a globally distributed team.
Qualifications:
- Solid background in modern testing processes and strategies.
- Experience in Python or Go development.
- Strong object-oriented programming skills.
- Familiarity with CI tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, and GitHub Actions.
- Understanding of networking technologies and Linux system architecture.
- Complex abstract thinking skills.
Nice-to-Have Skills:
- Experience developing production-grade web applications.
- Proficiency in data platforms such as key-value stores, relational databases, and event buses.
- Skills in data collection and analytics for large multidimensional datasets.
- Experience with AI/ML pipelines and cloud technologies (OpenStack, Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS).
What We Offer:
The company provides compensation shaped by geographical location, experience, and performance, reviewed annually. Beyond base pay, offerings include performance-driven bonuses, a personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year, and various benefits reflecting our values. Additional perks include a distributed work environment, maternity and paternity leave, recognition rewards, and opportunities for travel to new locations for team meetings.
Diversity Statement:
The company is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination. We value diverse experiences and perspectives, creating a better work environment and superior products. All applications will receive fair consideration, regardless of identity.
