Distributed Systems Testing Software Engineer, Python​/Go

Distributed Systems Testing Software Engineer, Python / Go

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 for 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 global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for Distributed Systems Testing with a passion for building and validating resilient distributed systems. You will drive the success of those leveraging Canonical's Ubuntu and Juju to build multi‑cloud deployable applications. Quality engineering is a first‑class engineering practice, and we want people who can bring deep engineering insights and a data‑driven approach to testing, test automation, reporting and data analytics.

• Creating automated testing approaches and infrastructure for validating reliability, performance, and resilience of cloud orchestration tools and applications
• Enabling engineering teams across Canonical to develop software with confidence by making distributed system testing tooling available company‑wide
• Enhancing continuous integration pipelines for deploying and testing Canonical's cloud native products such as Kubeflow
• Deploying, managing, and debugging highly distributed systems on clouds and bare metal
• Monitoring and reporting on automated testing efforts
• Collaborating daily with a globally distributed team

• Solid background in modern test processes and strategies
• Experience with Python or Go development
• Strong object‑oriented development skills
• Working knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, Circle
  
  CI, Git Hub Actions
• Knowledge of networking technologies and fundamentals
• Solid understanding of the Linux system architecture
• Complex abstract thinking
• 2‑4 weeks of international travel per year

• Ability to develop and ship modern production‑grade web applications
• Experience operating data platforms: key‑value stores, relational or document databases, event buses
• Data collection and analytics skills for large multidimensional datasets
• Experience with AI/ML pipelines
• Experience with cloud technologies such as Open Stack, Kubernetes, Terraform and AWS

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission.

• 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

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full‑time
• Job function:
  Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries:
  Software Development

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.