Software Engineer - OpenStack

Canonical; Colombia; Remote; COP 135,551,865 - 237,215,764; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and Development

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Annual Leave

Priority Pass for travel

Flexible working option

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer for their OpenStack Engineering team in Colombia. This role focuses on building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, with responsibilities including collaboration with a distributed team, writing and debugging high-quality code, and ensuring success across multiple architectures.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor's degree in a related field and experience with Python, OpenStack, and non-x86 architectures. Canonical offers flexible working options and a strong commitment to diversity and equality in the workplace.

Qualifications

• Experience with non-x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power and others.
• Interest and experience with cloud technologies like OpenStack and OVN.

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Python

Ubuntu Linux

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Ceph

AI/ML

QEMU/KVM

LXC/LXD

Go

C

Postgresql

Mongo

Debian packaging

Scalable web services

Education

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

Job description

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team. This role focuses on building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, wrapping open source Python charms for deploying and managing OpenStack and Ceph across diverse environments.

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, 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 Review
• Recognition 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.

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.