Software Engineer - Solutions Engineering at Canonical

• This role is ideal for software engineers who want to work in a global team, have a passion for distributed systems and cloud computing, and an interest in the entire Linux stack - from kernel to networking to virtualization and containers.

What you'll do

• Work in Python and Golang to design and deliver open source software operations code
• Work with the entire Linux stack, from kernel, networking, storage, to applications
• Shape high quality open source monitoring and alerting infrastructure
• Rethink open source operations for our customers and open source community
• Demonstrate sound engineering design and testing principles in your code
• Follow agile software development practices
• Coach and develop your colleagues where you have insights
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Global travel up to 10% of time for internal and external events

Who you are

• You are a passionate Python developer
• You are organised and want your team to deliver timely, high quality software
• You understand the importance of reliable operations in an agile world
• You have sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies
• You have practical knowledge of Linux and networking
• You are a lifelong learner

Bonus points for

• You have graduated with a university degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field
• Golang programming skills

What you will learn

• OpenStack and Kubernetes in production
• Thinking rigorously about application and infrastructure reliability
• Wide range of open source applications and skills
• Real-life and hands-on exposure to a wide range of emerging technologies and tools