Job Description

About 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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over 1,200 colleagues in more than 75 countries and few office-based roles.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team. This role involves building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, Python‑based charms that deploy and manage OpenStack and Ceph across desktops to bare‑metal servers.

This role 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 write maintainable fixes
  • Review code produced by other engineers
  • Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions
  • Ensure success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architectures
  • Work from home with 2 to 4 weeks of global travel annually

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 related degree
  • You have experience with Python
  • You have interest and experience with two or more of: 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 (e.g., s390, arm64, power)
  • You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Open vSwitch, and 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. 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.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu—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. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

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