Software Maintenance Engineer

Canonical; City of Moncton; On-site; CAD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading open source technology firm is seeking a Software Maintenance Engineer to work remotely. This role involves troubleshooting critical issues in Linux-based infrastructure and contributing to the open source applications utilized by large enterprises. The ideal candidate will possess strong communication skills and a passion for open source software, solving challenges across the technology stack for Ubuntu users worldwide. Join a globally distributed team and drive success for customers and the community.

Qualifications

• Affinity for open source software and Linux-based infrastructure.
• Experience in troubleshooting and bug fixing in technology.
• Strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Troubleshoot and resolve open source stack issues.
• Drive upstream bug fixes and solutions for Ubuntu.
• Collaborate with teams across various time zones.

Skills

Linux

Open source software

Troubleshooting

Communication skills

Tools

Docker

OpenStack

Kubernetes

Ceph

Job description

Overview

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 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 Maintenance Engineer to work in a dynamic and exciting engineering role in Linux-based infrastructure and applications, covering all layers of the stack, including bare metal, virtualization (KVM), containerization (Docker/LXC/LXD), storage (Ceph and Linux filesystems), networking (OVS, OVN and Core networking), OpenStack, Kubernetes and the open source applications running on top of them. It will challenge you to show the breadth of your engineering skills, which will be needed to work on almost any aspect of Ubuntu and the open source applications large enterprise customers run.

This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and open source to build a career with Canonical and drive success for our customers, community and the company. If you have an affinity for open source software, great communication skills, and a passion for troubleshooting and fixing issues in technology used by millions across the world, you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.

This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require upstream bug fixes. Our engineers are able to work productively at any level of the stack including the kernel and in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our customers, partners and Ubuntu itself.

You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and bug fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.

Location: This is a remote role, we have teams in all time zones.

The role entails