Site Reliability Engineer

Overview

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 a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Globally remote role

We are hiring a Site Reliability Engineer. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure Dev Ops practices, raising the bar on what’s possible with automation by embracing a model‑driven approach, whether on‑premise or on public clouds. You will work across the entire stack—from bare‑metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open‑source applications—and you will be trained in core technologies such as Open Stack, Kubernetes, security standards, and open‑source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, Open Search, and databases.

We deploy and run Open Stack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open‑source applications, applying Dev Ops practices.

Identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to achieve high‑quality standards in our open‑source portfolio.

Approach automation as a software engineering problem with a scientific mindset to bring operations at scale, driven by metrics and code.

• 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 team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Every 6 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

Entry level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to 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.

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