Python Packaging Engineer — Remote Linux Tooling

Canonical; Argentina; On-site; ARS 104,363,902 - 164,000,417; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Fully remote working environment

Learning budget 2,000 USD per annum

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel to sprints and meet colleagues

Priority Pass for travel and upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring talented software engineers to design and maintain Python tooling that supports the build and publication workflow for snaps, charms, and rocks. You will work on tooling that builds these artifacts and collaborate with external projects to better serve community needs.

We value expertise in Python, deep Linux distribution knowledge, and experience with build systems, CI, and container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and LXD. Fully remote roles are available globally.

Qualifications

• Expertise in Python.
• Strong understanding of GNU/Linux distributions.
• Experience with build systems and cross‑compilation.
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, LXD).
• Familiar with languages, toolchains, frameworks, integrations, and CI systems to extend the snap build ecosystem.
• Collaborate with external open source and commercial projects to serve community needs.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain Python tools to support the developer build and publication process for snaps, charms, and rocks.
• Build and maintain tooling that builds snaps, charms, and other artifacts.
• Collaborate with external projects to improve community tooling.

Skills

Python

GNU/Linux

Build systems

Cross-compilation

Docker

Kubernetes

LXD

CI systems

Open source

Tools

CI pipelines

Job description

Canonical is hiring talented software engineers to design and maintain Python tooling that supports the build and publication workflow for snaps, charms, and rocks. You will work on tooling that builds these artifacts and collaborate with external projects to better serve community needs.

We value expertise in Python, deep Linux distribution knowledge, and experience with build systems, CI, and container technologies like Docker, Kubernetes, and LXD. Fully remote roles are available globally.