Software Engineer - OpenStack

Canonical; Victoria; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading open-source software company is hiring a Software Engineer for their OpenStack Engineering team. You will develop Charmed OpenStack and Ceph while collaborating with a global team. Required skills include Python programming and familiarity with cloud technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, and Linux. This role offers the opportunity for international travel and flexible working arrangements.

Benefits

Learning and Development

Annual Compensation Review

Flexible working options

Qualifications

• Experience with Python and cloud technologies.
• Familiarity with non-x86 architectures, including s390 and arm64.
• Interest in distributed systems and open source.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code for new features.
• Debug issues and produce quality fixes.

Skills

Python

Ubuntu Linux

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Ceph

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

KVM

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.

Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.

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.

The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team. This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and OpenStack. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

As a software engineer on the OpenStack Engineering team, you'll be building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, a suite of open source Python based charms for deploying and managing OpenStack and Ceph. Your work will bring cloud platform technologies to a wide range of users and computing environments, from desktops to bare metal servers. This role requires a Python software developer with a passion for automating infrastructure as code.

Applicants should be passionate about the future of the software‑defined datacenter, distributed systems, and open source. Canonical is a globally distributed team of engineers who share that passion, and you will need to work well in that context. Engineers who thrive at Canonical are mindful of the dynamics of the open source ecosystem, and equally aware of the needs of large, innovative organizations.

This job involves international travel several times a year, usually for one week at a time.

What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Ensure the success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architectures
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• 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 have experience with Python
• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux, kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, AI/ML, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services
• You have experience with non‑x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power and others
• You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies

What Canonical Offers

• Learning and Development
• Annual Compensation ReviewRecognition Rewards
• Annual Leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Flexible working option

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world class software and services which meet the world's computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.