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Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Canonical, Albany, New York, United States

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Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage 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 cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are a globally distributed team with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person to align on strategy and execution. We are founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph & Distributed Storage. As part of Cloud Engineering, you\'ll build modelling software to drive systems such as OpenStack, Ceph, and Kubernetes with a focus on distributed storage and Ceph. You will engineer solutions to scale in production, working with field teams to meet customer needs for cutting-edge technology. This role involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.

Location:

This role will be based remotely in EMEA or the Americas regions

What your day will look like

Write high quality, rigorously designed Python and Golang software

Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team

Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them

Contribute to technical documentation that defines best practices for authoring high quality operators

Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions

Develop and maintain software for delivery, operations and life-cycle management of Ceph storage

What we are looking for in you

You have a Bachelor\'s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

You have experience with writing modern, maintainable Python

You have experience with Ceph storage

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 interest and experience with two or more of the following: Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university

Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring

Experience operating Ceph clusters in production

Experience with open source distributed storage such as Gluster, Minio, Mayastor or similar

What we offer you

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

Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company behind Ubuntu, we recruit on a global basis and set a high standard for people joining the company. We have operated remotely since 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, and raise your game.

Equal opportunity Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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