Junior Software Developer - Observability

Junior Software Developer - Observability at Canonical

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. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Junior developer with a proven track record in Python and/or Go. As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud‑native monitoring stack that composes best‑in‑class open‑source monitoring tools. The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. The user experience is polished and seamless for end‑users, and administrators will enjoy smooth, lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 operations.

The monitoring stack will monitor applications running on cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and Open Stack, as well as bare‑metal, virtual machines, and containers. It will handle monitoring of applications and infrastructure regardless of whether they are operated by Juju, leveraging multiple data sources at various levels of the architecture, including Juju itself, to contextualize collected telemetry and insights delivered to end‑users.

• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Write, test, and document high‑quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Attend conferences to represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

• Love technology and working with brilliant people
• Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source
• Working knowledge of Go
• Interest and experience with two or more of the following:
  Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems

Remote – EMEA and Americas regions.

• 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 an equal opportunity employer. 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.