Software Engineer - Cloud Images

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform Ubuntu is very 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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global 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.

We are hiring a Software Engineer to work on Linux cloud infrastructure pipelines and automation and open source software.

You will work closely with Amazon Microsoft Google and other world-class cloud partners to make Ubuntu the best platform there is in the clouds. Your time will be split between build system development (using Python Jenkins and shell) implementation of cloud-related features within Ubuntu Server itself operation of our continuous delivery pipelines and direct partner engagement. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers VM’s and containers and integrate our products with cloud native services.

Come build a rewarding meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical a growing international software company. As a part of our team you will combine software development skills with software and infrastructure delivery experience.

What the role entails

• Build automated highly reliable image delivery testing and publication pipelines

• Design build and integrate new features and enhancements into Ubuntu that will support users of Ubuntu in public clouds

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team

• Write high quality code to create new features

• Design and architect complex new systems and integrations with the clouds

• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them

• Review code produced by other engineers and participate in design discussions

• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

• Engage with many other teams at Canonical as well as the open source community and commercial partners

What we are looking for in you

• 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 similar degree

• You have practical experience with public clouds

• You have interest and experience with at least 3 of the following: containers (docker kubernetes etc.) devops automation open source projects APIs Linux systems administration Python packaging cloud-based applications

• at least experience in Python software development on Linux

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location experience and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2000 per year

• Annual compensation review

• Recognition rewards

• Annual holiday leave

• Maternity and paternity leave

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company 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.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience perspectives and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.

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