Role overview

Software Engineer, Sustaining Engineering

Requirements and responsibilities

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This role entails

  • Resolving complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
  • Maintaining a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams
  • Participating in upstream communities
  • Developing bug fixes, backporting patches, and working with upstream for inclusion
  • Reviewing code produced by other engineers
  • Demonstrating good judgement in technical methods and techniques
  • Prioritizing work and managing your time effectively against those priorities
  • Participating in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
  • Maintaining clear, technical and concise communications
  • Working from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences

What we are looking for in you

  • Professional experience as a software engineer
  • Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
  • Strong experience with Linux, and at least one of the following: Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies
  • Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies
  • Strong development-level experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux
  • Ability to troubleshoot with debugging tools like gdb
  • Familiarity with git source code repositories and branches
  • An exceptional academic track record
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Details

  • Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies

Nice-to-have skills

  • 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 interest in, and experience with most of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems

What we offer colleagues

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 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 from your team and others
  • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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