Software Engineer - OpenStack

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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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team, building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, a suite of open‑source Python‑based charms for deploying and managing OpenStack and Ceph.

This role requires a Python software developer passionate about automating infrastructure as code and open source.

Applicants should be passionate about the future of the software‑defined datacenter, distributed systems, and open source. This 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 fixes
• 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 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, 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 option

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world‑class software and services. 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.