Remote Open Source Linux Maintenance Engineer

Higlobe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme & 0 

Wellness Platform

Travel opportunities to meet colocl

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Software Maintenance Engineer to tackle Linux-based infrastructure and applications, covering kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and other open source components. It will challenge you to address issues across the stack and contribute to upstream workflows.

You will work on bug fixes, backport patches, and collaborate with Canonical's field and product teams, with a remote setup across time zones and up to 10% travel for meetings and conferences.

Qualifications

• Strong academic record in Computer Science, STEM.
• Experience with Linux and open source software.
• Experience with Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
• Ability to troubleshoot and fix issues across the stack.

Responsibilities

• Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software.
• Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams.
• Participate in upstream communities.
• Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion.
• Review code produced by other engineers.
• Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques.
• Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities.
• Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation.
• Maintain clear, technical and concise communications.
• Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences.

Skills

Linux

Python

Go

C/C++

Open source

Travel willingness

Education

Computer Science or STEM

Tools

QEMU/KVM

Kubernetes

OpenStack

Ceph

PostgreSQL

MongoDB

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Software Maintenance Engineer to tackle Linux-based infrastructure and applications, covering kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, and other open source components. It will challenge you to address issues across the stack and contribute to upstream workflows.

You will work on bug fixes, backport patches, and collaborate with Canonical's field and product teams, with a remote setup across time zones and up to 10% travel for meetings and conferences.