Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team, offering an exciting opportunity for a software engineer who is passionate about open source software, Linux, and OpenStack.
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As a software engineer on the OpenStack Engineering team, you'll be building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, a suite of open source Python-based charms for deploying and managing OpenStack and Ceph. You will bring cloud platform technologies to a wide range of users and computing environments, from desktops to bare metal servers. This role requires a Python software developer with a passion for automation and infrastructure as code.
Applicants should be passionate about the future of the software-defined data center, distributed systems, and open source. As part of a globally distributed team of engineers, you will need to thrive in this context and be mindful of the dynamics of the open source ecosystem, while being aware of the needs of large, innovative organizations.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
- Write high-quality code to create new features.
- Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them.
- Review code produced by other engineers.
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
- Ensure the success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architectures.
Who You Are:
- You love technology and working with brilliant people.
- You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
- You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.
- You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree.
- You have experience with Python.
- You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux (kernel or userspace), Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, AI/ML, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services.
- You have experience with non-x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power, and others.
- You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch, and other related cloud technologies.
Canonical Offers:
- Learning and Development opportunities.
- Annual Compensation Review.
- Recognition Rewards.
- Annual Leave.
- Priority Pass for travel.
- Flexible working options.
Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world-class software and services which meet global computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
