Junior Software Developer - Observability

Canonical

Ottawa

Remote

CAD 89,568 - 117,128

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform

Travel opportunities

Job summary

A leading software development company is seeking a passionate Junior Software Developer for their Observability team. This entry-level position will focus on developing a cloud-native monitoring stack using Python and Go, enhancing user experiences and ensuring seamless operations. Candidates should have a relevant degree and a love for open source technologies like Kubernetes and Linux. The role offers a distributed work environment, strong team culture, and a personal development budget.

Qualifications

Proven track record in Python and/or Go development.
Interest in open source software and related technologies.
Experience in working with distributed systems.

Responsibilities

Collaborate with a distributed team on software projects.
Write, test and document high quality code.
Debug issues and engage with the community.
Review code produced by peers.
Attend conferences and represent the company.

Skills

Python

Linux

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Job description

Junior Software Developer - Observability at Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring a Junior developer with a proven track record in Python and/or Go. As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud‑native monitoring stack that composes best‑in‑class open‑source monitoring tools. The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. The user experience is polished and seamless for the end‑users, and administrators will enjoy smooth, lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 operations.>

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Kubernetes, and Observability.

The monitoring stack will monitor applications running on a mix of cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenStack, as well as bare‑metal, virtual machines and containers. It will be capable of monitoring applications and infrastructure irrespective of whether they are operated by Juju, and will leverage multiple data sources at various levels of the architecture, including Juju itself, to contextualise the collected telemetry and insights delivered to the end‑users.

Location

This role will be based remotely in the EMEA and Americas regions.

Role entails

Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
Write, test and document high quality code to create new features
Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community
Review code produced by other engineers
Attend conferences to represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

You love technology and working with brilliant people
You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
You are a skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source
You have a working knowledge of Go
You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems.

What we offer