Software Engineer - OpenStack

Software Engineer for OpenStack Engineering team. Remote position.

Job Description

Canonical is seeking a Software Engineer to join its OpenStack Engineering team. This role is ideal for a software engineer with a passion for open-source software, Linux, and OpenStack. The successful candidate will contribute to building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, a suite of open-source Python-based charms for deploying and managing OpenStack and Ceph.

Canonical is a globally distributed team, and the engineer will collaborate proactively within this context. The company values engineers who understand the open-source ecosystem and the needs of innovative organizations. This position involves international travel several times a year.

What the role involves:

Collaborating proactively with a distributed team
Writing high-quality code to create new features
Debugging issues and producing high-quality code to fix them
Reviewing code produced by other engineers
Discussing ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
Ensuring the success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architectures
Working from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Requirements:

Love technology and working with brilliant people
Are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
Have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
Have experience with Python
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, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services
Have experience with non-x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power and others
Have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies