Remote Software Engineer – Ceph & Distributed Storage

Higlobe, Inc.; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Travel and relocation opportunities

Employee Assistance Programme

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph & Distributed Storage. You will write Python and Go, work with a global team, and scale Ceph storage for OpenStack, Kubernetes and cloud platforms.

Requirements include a CS degree, strong Python, Ceph experience, and willingness to travel up to four times per year. Remote work is available across regions; expect collaboration across distributed teams and active documentation efforts.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree.
• Experience with writing modern, maintainable Python.
• Experience with Ceph storage.
• Love technology and working with brilliant people.
• Be curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• Value soft skills and are self-motivated.
• Interest and experience in two or more: Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging.
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Responsibilities

• Write high quality, rigorously designed Python and Golang software.
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team.
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them.
• Contribute to technical documentation that defines best practices for operators.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
• Develop and maintain software for delivery, operations and lifecycle management of Ceph storage.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux

Kubernetes

OpenStack

LXC/LXD

Debian packaging

Public cloud

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related STEM field

Tools

Ceph storage

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph & Distributed Storage. You will write Python and Go, work with a global team, and scale Ceph storage for OpenStack, Kubernetes and cloud platforms.

Requirements include a CS degree, strong Python, Ceph experience, and willingness to travel up to four times per year. Remote work is available across regions; expect collaboration across distributed teams and active documentation efforts.