Software Engineer - OpenStack

Software Engineer, Open Stack Engineering

Location:

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems, known for Ubuntu. The company has a global, distributed engineering team and few office‑based roles, with teams meeting in person two to four times per year.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our Open Stack Engineering team. The role involves building Charmed Open Stack and Ceph, a suite of open‑source Python‑based charms for deploying and managing Open Stack and Ceph across a wide range of computing environments—from desktops to bare‑metal servers. This position requires a Python developer who is passionate about automating infrastructure as code.

This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Ensure the success of Open Stack and Ceph on multiple architectures
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

• 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 experience with Python
• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following:
  Ubuntu Linux – kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, Open Stack, Ceph, AI/ML, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Go, C, Postgre
  
  SQL, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services
• You have experience with non‑x86 architectures, including s390, arm
  64, power and others
• You have experience with Open Stack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies

• Learning and Development
• Annual Compensation Review
• Recognition Rewards
• Annual Leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Flexible working option

Entry level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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; to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world‑class software and services which meet the world’s computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.