Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Canonical; 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 a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph & Distributed Storage. As part of Cloud Engineering, you’ll be building modelling software to drive systems such as OpenStack, Ceph, and Kubernetes with a focus on distributed storage and Ceph. You’ll be engineering solutions to scale in production, working with our field teams to ensure we’re meeting the needs of customers looking to adopt cutting-edge technology.

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.

Location: This role will be based remotely in EMEA or the Americas regions

What your day will look like

• 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 define best practices for authoring high quality operators
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Develop and maintain software for delivery, operations and life-cycle management of Ceph storage

What we are looking for in you

• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have experience with writing modern, maintainable Python
• You have experience with Ceph storage
• 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 interest and experience with two or more of the following: Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Additional skills that you might also bring

• Experience operating Ceph clusters in production
• Experience with open source distributed storage such as Gluster, Minio, Mayastor or similar

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
• 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 from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel 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. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

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.

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