Software Engineer - OpenStack

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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders in many sectors. With a founder‑led, profitable, and growing organization, Canonical is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1,200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our Open Stack Engineering team. In this role you will build Charmed Open Stack and Ceph, a suite of open‑source Python‑based charms for deploying and managing Open Stack and Ceph. This work brings cloud platform technologies to a wide range of users and computing environments, from desktops to bare‑metal servers. The position requires a Python software developer passionate about automating infrastructure as code and interested in the future of the software‑defined datacenter, distributed systems, and open source.

• 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 a 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, Python, 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, Openv Switch and other related cloud technologies

• Learning and development opportunities
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Flexible working options

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world‑class software and services that 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.

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.

About Canonical

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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.