Distributed Systems Testing Software Engineer, Python​/Go

Distributed Systems Testing Software Engineer, Python / Go

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 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.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for Distributed Systems Testing with a passion for building and validating resilient distributed systems. You will help build multi-cloud deployable applications leveraging Canonical’s Ubuntu and Juju, and bring a data‑driven approach to testing, test automation, reporting and data analytics. The team is responsible for the high quality of Canonical’s cloud solutions based on Juju, Terraform, Open Stack, or Kubernetes.

Responsibilities:

• Creating automated testing approaches and infrastructure for validating reliability, performance, and resilience of cloud orchestration tools and applications
• Enabling engineering teams across Canonical to develop software with confidence by making distributed system testing tooling available across the company
• Enhancing continuous integration pipelines for deploying and testing Canonical’s cloud‑native products such as Kubeflow
• Deploying, managing, and debugging highly distributed systems on clouds and bare metal
• Monitoring and reporting on automated testing efforts
• Collaborating daily with a globally distributed team

What we are looking for in you:

• Solid background in modern test processes and strategies
• Experience with Python or Go development
• Strong object oriented development skills
• Working knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Circle
  
  CI, Git Hub Actions
• Knowledge of networking technologies and fundamentals
• Solid understanding of the Linux system architecture
• Complex abstract thinking
• 2‑4 weeks of international travel per year

Nice-to-have skills:

• Ability to develop and ship modern production‑grade web applications
• Ability to operate data platforms: key‑value stores, relational or document databases, event buses
• Data collection and analytics skills for large multidimensional datasets
• Experience with AI/ML pipelines
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Open Stack, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS

What we offer colleagues:

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• 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 of software. 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 is an equal opportunity employer.

Seniority level:
Entry level.

Employment type:

Full‑time. Job function:
Engineering and Information Technology.