Canonical is hiring a
Field Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Field Software Engineer at Canonical. The role involves helping global companies adopt private cloud infrastructure, Linux, and open source applications. The position requires a university degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise, knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, practical knowledge of Linux and networking, intermediate to advanced level of Python programming skills, excellent communication and presentation skills (English), organizational skills, and follow-up reliability.

Requirements

• University degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise
• Sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc
• Practical knowledge of Linux and networking
• Intermediate to Advanced level of Python programming skills
• Dynamic person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people
• Demonstrated drive for continual learning
• Excellent communication and presentation skills (English)
• Great organisational skills and follow-up reliably on commitments
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Responsibilities

• Design private and public cloud solutions fitting customer workload needs
• Work hands-on with technologies by deploying, testing, and handing over the solution to the support or managed services team at the end of a project
• Use Python to develop Kubernetes operators and Linux open source infrastructure-as-code

Benefits

• Competitive base pay
• Fully remote working environment
• 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 at ‘sprints’
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events