Canonical
Software Engineer - OpenStack
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. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.
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 will build 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.
The job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.
What you’ll do
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.
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.
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 degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar field.
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, 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.
What Canonical offers
Learning and Development.
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 that 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.
Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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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 will build 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.
The job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.
What you’ll do
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.
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.
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 degree in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar field.
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, 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.
What Canonical offers
Learning and Development.
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 that 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.
Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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