Software Engineer - Python

March 16

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Canonical

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Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

• Our mission is to reinvent the way companies manage their open source information systems - on public clouds and in their own data centres. • We are building a new community around Python opscode for open source applications, running on Kubernetes. • Strong Python development skills and familiarity with Kubernetes are key requirements of this role. • You’ll work closely with other teams in Canonical to ensure your products operate reliably, efficiently and scale to production sized workloads for our customers looking to adopt cutting-edge technology. • You will participate and be responsible for ensuring sound software architecture and follow best practices in software quality, testing and documentation. • Work in Python to design and deliver open source software operations code. • Work across the entire Linux stack, from kernel, networking, storage, to applications. • Learn to think rigorously about application and infrastructure reliability. • Shape high quality open source monitoring and alerting infrastructure. • Simplify open source operations for our customers and open source community. • Demonstrate sound engineering design and testing principles in your code. • Follow agile software development practices. • Coach and develop your colleagues where you have insights. • Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values. • Work from home with global travel once or twice a year for up to 2 weeks for events.

🎯 Requirements

• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree • You are experienced with Linux systems administration, package management, and operations • You have hands-on experience with at least one public cloud • You are familiar with Docker and Kubernetes • You are an experienced Python programmer and enjoy challenging projects • You understand the importance of reliable software and strive to design and code to that expectation • You are organized and want your team to deliver timely, high quality software