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. We have a founder‑led, profitable, and growing team of 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for Distributed Systems Testing with a passion for building and validating resilient distributed systems. You will drive the success of Canonical’s Ubuntu and Juju in building multi‑cloud deployable applications. Quality engineering is first‑class, and we look for deep engineering insights and a data‑driven approach to testing, test automation, reporting, and data analytics.

The Distributed Systems testing team is responsible for the high quality of Canonical’s Cloud solutions based on Juju, Terraform, Open Stack, or Kubernetes. We test and deploy systems under highly diverse conditions, from bare metal in customer data centers to public clouds such as AWS, GCE, and Azure.

A software engineer will develop CI pipelines that power Canonical’s cloud integration testing and reporting. You will help test our products on new clouds and advance AI/ML pipelines for automatic analysis of test results. A successful candidate is interested in tackling these problems and imagining and leading new initiatives within the team and across Canonical.

• 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

• 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, and 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

• 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

• 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

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.

Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004.

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.