9562 - Distributed Cloud Software Engineer – Member of Technical Staff

Wind River Systems; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company is looking for a Distributed Cloud Software Engineer to join their Cloud team. The role involves working with cutting-edge open-source technologies, contributing to vital distributed solutions, and ensuring high-quality software development. Ideal candidates will have extensive experience with Python, an ability to thrive in dynamic environments, and a commitment to open-source projects. The position offers a hybrid work model along with various benefits aimed at promoting work-life balance and well-being.

Benefits

Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work

Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance

Vacation and various time off policies

Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 8+ years of programming experience with Python.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to architecture and design.

Responsibilities

• Work on open-source projects like Kubernetes and OpenStack.
• Develop and deliver platform upgrade features.
• Investigate and resolve issues during product verification.

Skills

Python

Software Development

Analytical Skills

Communication

Debugging

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Ansible

OpenStack

Go

SQL

Job description

Distributed Cloud Software Engineer – Member of Technical Staff

Distributed Cloud Software Engineer – Member of Technical Staff

Within the Wind River Cloud team, we work with large-scale projects like Kubernetes, Docker, OpenStack and fast-paced Open-Source technologies that are in high demand from our customers. Wind River Cloud has adopted these technologies into the core of our product, which is driving us to find experienced and high-performing individuals that can learn and contribute to these container and virtualization solutions. In addition, Wind River Cloud team is a leading contributor to the Open Source StarlingX cloud native project, to manage and maintain the critical infrastructure for highly distributed Edge solutions, including 5G, Autonomous Vehicles, Industrial Automation and Augmented Reality. Wind River contributes and builds upon the work within StarlingX to ensure it meets the demands of these critical applications.

The right candidate will possess proven software engineering skills. You are expected to be versatile and able to thrive in a dynamic environment. You are comfortable managing competing priorities and can bring order to ambiguous scenarios. Maturity, impeccable judgment, and the ability to influence and lead are essential to success in this role.

Responsibilities:

• Work with the most dynamic and exciting open-source software projects today – Kubernetes (K8S), Helm, Openstack , Ansible, etc.
• Work as part of a team focused on containerization and fault tolerant /carrier grade development.
• Contribute actively to StarlingX , an open-source project under the OpenStack Foundation - a fully featured cloud for the distributed edge ( https://www.starlingx.io/ ).
• Develop and deliver platform upgrade features with high quality design and code.
• Investigate and resolve issues reported during product verification and customer integration.
• Participate in all aspects of the software development process using agile development.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s / Master’s degree in Computer Science or related field.
• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 8+ years of programming experience with Python.
• 2+ years of experience contributing to the architecture and design (architecture, design patterns, reliability and scaling) of new and current systems.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 10+ years of professional experience in building infrastructure software for highly scalable and distributed systems.
• Experience with building software upgrade framework.
• Track record of building and delivering mission critical, 24x7 production software systems.
• Exposure to Ansible, Puppet, SQL and Go.
• Contribution to theopen-sourcecommunity.
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive.
• Strong analytical and debugging skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.

BENEFITS

• Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid Work.
• Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance.
• Income protection through short and long-term disability coverage.
• Matching RRSP.
• Vacation and various time off policies to encourage work-life balance.
• Well-being programs: Employee assistance program, mental well-being through Unmind .
• Learning benefits: LinkedIn Learning subscription and seminars.

OUR COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY

Wind River is committed to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions are based on business needs, job requirements, and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social, or ethnic origin, age, physical, mental, or sensory disability, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, HIV status, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status including pregnancy, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. Wind River will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on these characteristics.

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Wind River is an Equal Opportunity Employer with a commitment to diversity. We prohibit discrimination based on race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation or any other legally protected status.