Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure - Kafka

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

• Canonical is building a comprehensive automation suite to provide multi-cloud and on-premise data solutions for the enterprise. • The data platform team is a collaborative team that develops a managed solutions for data technologies. • We are looking for candidates from junior to senior level with interests, experience and willingness to learn around Big Data technologies. • The data platform team is responsible for the automation of data platform operations, with the mission of managing and integrating Big Data platforms at scale. • This role is focused on the creation and automation of infrastructure features of data platforms, not analysing and/or processing the data in them. • Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year.

🎯 Requirements

• Proven hands-on experience in software development using Python • Proven hands-on experience in distributed systems, such as Kafka and Spark • Have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

🏖️ Benefits

• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004! • Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum • Annual compensation review • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Parental Leave • Employee Assistance Programme • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues twice a year • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events