Site Reliability Engineer

Join to apply for the Site Reliability Engineer role at Canonical .

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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across many sectors. The company is a pioneer of globally 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.

What We Are Looking For

We are hiring a Site Reliability Engineer to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps practices. Our goal is to raise the bar on what's possible with automation by embracing a model‑driven approach, whether on‑premise or on public clouds.

We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes clusters, and applications for customers across both physical and public cloud estates. We identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to ultimately achieve high‑quality standards in our open source portfolio.

To succeed in this role, you need to have a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and knowledge of how clouds work. Your work will encompass the entire stack, from bare‑metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications. You can expect to be trained in our core technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, open source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and many others. Automation for us is a software engineering problem that we approach with a scientific mindset to bring operations at scale, driven by metrics and code.

Responsibilities

• Deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices.
• Work on the full open source infrastructure stack from bare metal to containers.
• Operate mission‑critical services for global brand‑name customers.
• Collaborate with cross‑functional teams to refine products and enhance monitoring.

Requirements

• Degree in software engineering or computer science.
• Python software development experience.
• Operational experience in Linux environments.
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.

Bonus Skills

• Familiarity with OpenStack deployment or operations.
• Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations.
• Familiarity with private cloud management.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person.
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
• Every 6 months compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programs.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet your colleagues.
• Priority Pass 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 that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Canonical by 2x.