Distributed Cloud Software Engineer \u2013 Member of Technical Staff

Wind River; Ottawa; Hybrid; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company located in Ottawa, Canada, is looking for a Distributed Cloud Software Engineer to join their dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in software development, particularly with Kubernetes and Python, and a strong understanding of open-source projects. This position offers hybrid work flexibility and a range of health and well-being benefits.

Benefits

Company-sponsored health, dental, and life insurance

Income protection through disability coverage

Matching RRSP

Well-being programs

Learning benefits

Qualifications

• 10+ years of professional software development experience.
• 8+ years of programming experience with Python.
• Experience in building infrastructure software for scalable systems.

Responsibilities

• Work with open-source software projects including Kubernetes and OpenStack.
• Contribute to the StarlingX project under the OpenStack Foundation.
• Participate in the agile software development process.

Skills

Python

Kubernetes

Ansible

OpenStack

Debugging

Education

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

Tools

SQL

Go

Job description

Overview

Distributed Cloud Software Engineer – Member of Technical Staff

Location: Ottawa, Canada

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.
• 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 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 the open-source community.
• 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.

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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