Site Reliability Engineer

Site Reliability Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, powers a range of breakthrough initiatives including public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Stakeholders include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, as well as industry leaders across many sectors. Canonical follows a founder‑led, profitable, and rapidly growing model, with over 1,200 colleagues in more than 75 countries.

Teams meet two to four times per year in person at interesting global locations to align on strategy and execution.

Location
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Globally remote role.

Key Responsibilities
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Our goal is to perfect enterprise‑infrastructure Dev Ops practices, raising the bar on automation through a model‑driven approach, both on‑premise and on public clouds. We operate hundreds of private cloud clusters, Kubernetes, and applications for customers across both physical and public cloud estates. Daily tasks include identifying and addressing incidents, monitoring and observing applications, anticipating potential issues, and supporting product refinement to achieve high‑quality standards across our open‑source portfolio.

You will be trained in core technologies such as Open Stack, Kubernetes, security standards, and open‑source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, Open Search, and various databases.

• Degree in software engineering or computer science
• Python software development experience
• Operational experience in Linux environments
• Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

• Familiarity with Open Stack deployment or operations
• Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations
• Familiarity with private cloud management

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Every six months compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.