Packaging Engineer

Buscojobs México; Jalisco; A distancia; MXN 1,308,000 - 1,683,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading software firm is looking for an Entry Level Software Engineer to optimize Ubuntu Server for public clouds. This role involves collaborating within a distributed team, debugging issues on open source code, and maintaining software packages. Ideal candidates will have strong Python fundamentals and an interest in open source. The position offers a distributed work environment with global travel opportunities, along with a personal learning budget and recognition rewards.

Servicios

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Formación

• Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• Self-motivated with strong soft skills.
• Comfortable setting up test systems in containers or virtual machines.

Responsabilidades

• Collaborate within a distributed team.
• Debug issues on open source code.
• Evaluate contributions of other engineers.

Conocimientos

Strong fundamentals in Python

Interest in public cloud operations or architecture

Ability to describe issues and steps clearly

Experience in open source maintenance or contribution

Knowledge of containerization and virtualization

Herramientas

Docker

Virtualbox

QEMU

Descripción del empleo

Overview

Software Engineer - packaging - optimize Ubuntu Server for public clouds. 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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. We collaborate with major cloud partners to optimize Ubuntu for their infrastructure and deliver a consistent experience for users.

Location: Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico (travel up to 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events). This is a full-time, distributed work environment with occasional in-person team sprints.

Responsibilities

• Collaborating proactively within a distributed team
• Fostering a software ecosystem with a seamless user experience for all Ubuntu users
• Evaluating contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards
• Collaborating with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, upstream projects, and commercially supported customers
• Debugging issues on open source code and team-maintained code
• Working with the Ubuntu Engineering Server team to maintain and package software such as:
• Cloud agents (google guest agent, ec2-hibinit-agent, walinuxagent, etc)
• Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc)
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

• 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 value building partnerships with a diverse set of internal and external groups
• Interest or experience in public cloud operations or architecture
• Interest or experience in open source maintenance or contribution
• Understands basic reproducibility and testing steps. Comfortable setting up test systems in containers or virtual machines. Able to describe issues and steps clearly
• Strong fundamentals in Python
• Interest in learning Linux distribution packaging
• Fundamental understanding of package management and dependency resolution
• Interest in containerization and virtualization such as Docker or OCI service containers, LXD system containers, and local virtualization like Virtualbox or QEMU, or Public Clouds

What we offer colleagues

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu and recruit on a global basis. Canonical has been remote-first since 2004. We expect excellence and encourage thinking differently, working smarter, and continuous learning. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development