Software Engineer - OpenStack

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and Development

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Priority Pass for travel

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a software engineer for the OpenStack Engineering team to build Charmed OpenStack and Ceph. The role focuses on Python-based charms, automation, and infrastructure as code, with a global, remote-friendly setup.

You will collaborate with a distributed team, write features, review code, and travel 2–4 weeks per year for events, contributing to OpenStack and Ceph across architectures.

Qualifications

• 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 s390, arm64, power and others.
• You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies.

Responsibilities

• 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

Skills

Python

Distributed systems

OpenStack

Ceph

Kubernetes

Go

C

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, STEM or equivalent

Tools

Docker

QEMU/KVM

LXC/LXD

OpenStack

Ceph

Job description

Defining the future of work & living globally

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 s390, arm64, power and others

You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies

What Canonical Offers

Learning and Development

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Priority Pass for travel

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world class software and services which meet the world’s computing needs. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Keywords: python, agile, lean, distributed systems, openstack, ceph, containers, kubernetes, docker, scale-out, orchestration, linux, ubuntu, cloud, devops, open source, serverless, networking, home, remote job, software development, software engineering, openstack

Job location: Remote, home-based, Americas