Senior Engineer - Cloud Platform

Wind River; Ottawa; On-site; CAD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology company in Canada is seeking a Senior Engineer for its cloud platform development. In this role, you will design and implement software for a distributed cloud-based orchestration and automation solution. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science and over 3 years of software development experience, ideally with skills in Kubernetes, Python, and agile methodologies. This position requires collaboration within cross-functional teams and offers an opportunity to work in a dynamic, innovative environment.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of professional software development experience.
• 2+ years programming experience with Python.
• Experience testing and deploying software utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm.

Responsibilities

• Develop software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stack.
• Design and implement high‑quality code based on Kubernetes and distributed cloud systems.
• Contribute to platform upgrade features and CI/CD pipelines.

Skills

Software Development

Kubernetes

Python

Linux

Shell Scripting

Agile SCRUM

Docker

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Helm

OpenStack

Ansible

Puppet

Job description

Job Title : Senior Engineer – Wind River Conductor

About the Opportunity

Wind River Systems is building Wind River Studio for Operators, delivering an integrated cloud platform, unifying infrastructure, orchestration, and analytics capabilities so operators can deploy and manage their intelligent 5G edge networks globally. Wind River Systems is seeking an experienced, high‑performing Senior Engineer Software Engineer developing distributed cloud‑based orchestration and automation platform solution for the intelligent edge.

The orchestration capabilities in Wind River Studio give you a single pane of glass to manage and automate application deployment in a large‑scale distributed environment. Pick the applications you need from an app catalog, deploy them to a carrier‑grade cloud platform, and orchestrate the resources needed for the applications—simply, intuitively, and logically. Scale from a handful of nodes to thousands of nodes in a geographically dispersed distributed environment.

Primary Responsibilities

• Develop software for a complete cloud infrastructure software stack
• Design and implement high‑quality code based on Kubernetes, containerized applications, and distributed cloud systems
• Apply Test‑Driven Development (TDD) practices to ensure robust and maintainable code
• Work with open‑source technologies including Kubernetes, OpenStack, KubeVirt, Helm, Ansible, Puppet, and OSTree
• Contribute to platform upgrade features and CI/CD pipelines
• Stay current with OpenStack advancements and integrate them into the platform
• Participate in agile development processes, with the ability to shift between development, testing, and automation roles as needed
• Investigate and resolve issues during product verification and customer integration
• Use Linux and shell scripting for day‑to‑day development and operations
• Work with open‑source software responsibly, including understanding licensing models and managing CVEs

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in computer science or related field
• 3+ years of professional software development experience
• 2+ years of programming experience with Python
• Experience with Linux systems and shell scripting
• 2+ years professional experience testing and deploying software utilizing Kubernetes, Docker, and Helm
• 2+ years of experience working as part of cross‑functional Agile SCRUM Teams
• Experience building infrastructure software for scalable, distributed systems
• Strong sense of ownership, urgency, and drive
• Excellent analytical, debugging, and communication skills
• Professional experience working as part of globally‑dispersed engineering teams

Desirable Qualifications

• Proven ability through professional experience to quickly adapt and independently learn new technologies and apply them to deliver results

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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