Jobs at Canonical

What your day will look like

• Write high-quality, well-designed software
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
• Knowledge of web (HTML, CSS and JS) tech
• Fluency in Typescript, React or Flutter
• An eye for accessibility and performance
• Professional written and spoken English 
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred) 
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability 
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments 
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Additional skills that you might also bring

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
• Curiosity about all aspects of web development
• Attention to detail in regard to user-centric UI development
• Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
• REST API design, development and governance
• Performance engineering and security experience

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What your day will look like

The OpenSearch team is responsible for the automation of OpenSearch operations. This includes ensuring fault-tolerant replication, TLS, installation, and much more; but also provides domain-specific expertise on the actual data system to other teams within Canonical.  This role is focused on the creation and automation of features of data platforms, not analysing the data in them.

• Collaborate proactively with an internationally distributed team
• Write high-quality, idiomatic Python code to create new features
• Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
• Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in a diverse set of fields
• Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

• Proven hands-on experience in software development using Python
• Proven hands-on experience in distributed systems development
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Additional skills that you might also bring

You might also bring a subset of experience from the following, which will determine the exact role and level we consider you for:

• Experience operating and managing search and analytics engines like Elasticsearch, Logstash, KIbana, and OpenSearch
• Experience with Linux systems administration, package management, and operations
• Experience with the public cloud or a private cloud solution like OpenStack
• Experience with operating Kubernetes clusters and a belief that it can be used for serious persistent data services