Senior Software Engineer - MAAS
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Job description
Software engineer role on Canonical's MAAS team, developing the Metal As A Service bare metal provisioning technology. The engineer develops core components, shapes architecture, and collaborates across teams on a Python and Go software stack.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- 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 improvements to the continuous integration environment, tests and practices, to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage
- Contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it a 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
What we're looking for
- Passionate about open source software, Linux, and Data Centre automation
- Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles
- 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.
- 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
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice to have
- 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
Your team
MAAS team
Responsible for delivering the Metal As A Service hyperscale provisioning technology; MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go.
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
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
What they value
- Excellence
- Open source