Software Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and OpenStack. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.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. Your work 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 automating infrastructure as code.Applicants should be passionate about the future of the software‑defined datacenter, distributed systems, and open source. Canonical is a globally distributed team of engineers who share that passion, and you will need to work well in that context. Engineers who thrive at Canonical are mindful of the dynamics of the open source ecosystem, and equally aware of the needs of large, innovative organizations.This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.What you’ll doCollaborate proactively with a distributed teamWrite high‑quality code to create new featuresDebug issues and produce high‑quality code to fix themReview code produced by other engineersDiscuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutionsEnsure the success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architecturesWork from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external eventsWho you areYou love technology and working with brilliant peopleYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountableYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivatedYou have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degreeYou have experience with PythonYou 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, Go, C, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web servicesYou have experience with non‑x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power and othersYou have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Open vSwitch and other related cloud technologiesWhat Canonical offersLearning and DevelopmentAnnual Compensation ReviewRecognition RewardsAnnual LeavePriority Pass for travelFlexible working optionCanonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world‑class software and services which meet the world's computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified 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.Seniority levelEntry levelEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionEngineering and Information Technology #J-18808-Ljbffr