Software Engineer - OpenStack

TN United Kingdom; London; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking company as a Software Engineer, where you'll work on cutting-edge open source technologies like OpenStack and Ceph. In this role, you'll collaborate with a global team to develop and deploy cloud platform solutions, ensuring high-quality code and innovative features. If you are passionate about the future of technology and thrive in a dynamic, distributed environment, this opportunity is perfect for you. Enjoy the flexibility of remote work while engaging in international travel to connect with your team and contribute to meaningful projects.

Qualifications

• Experience with Python and open source technologies.
• Familiarity with cloud technologies and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team to create new features.
• Debug issues and ensure the success of OpenStack and Ceph.

Skills

Python

OpenStack

Linux

Kubernetes

Ceph

AI/ML

Debian packaging

Postgresql

Mongo

Scalable web services

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science

STEM or similar degree

Tools

OpenStack

Ceph

Kubernetes

QEMU/KVM

LXC/LXD

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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 s, arm64, power and others
• You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies