Canonical is hiring a
Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for a Software Engineer in the Ubuntu MAAS team at Canonical. The role involves developing MAAS core components, shaping its architecture, collaborating with other teams, contributing to documentation, and traveling internationally. The ideal candidate has experience with Python, Go, Linux server technologies, network technologies, and large-scale physical server provisioning and automation.

Requirements

• Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go or similar
• Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
• Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong English language communication skills - both written and verbal
• Experience with Linux server technologies, including but not limited to Virtualization (KVM), Containers (LXC), etc
• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Knowledge of network technologies, including PXE, DHCP, TFTP, DNS, NTP
• Some experience with Baseboard Management Controllers and Protocols (Redfish, IPMI, AMT and others)
• Strong experience with networking, storage technologies and Cloud hosting and infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Develop MAAS core components and features to make MAAS the #1 bare metal cloud system
• Shape the architecture of MAAS to make it simpler, faster and easier to use
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure MAAS works well with other tools and is released on time
• Contribute your improvements to our continuous integration environment, tests and practices, to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage
• Contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it world-class resource for Data Centre operators and users
• Provide technical communication and collaboration with other teams where appropriate
• Take personal ownership of problems and drive them to solutions
• Travel internationally a few times a year to meet and collaborate with your and other teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Ideally, experience of large-scale physical server provisioning and automation, including rapid deployment, configuration, management and service orchestration
• Familiarity with some of the open source development tools and methodologies used in creation of several Ubuntu projects (MAAS, Juju, Ubuntu Server, LXD, Ubuntu Core), such as Launchpad, Debian packaging tools (APT, dpkg) and snapcraft
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• 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