Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Contract type
Ongoing
Work mode
Remote
Experience
3 years

Job description

Engineering role at Canonical focused on Ceph storage and modern Python development within an open-source, distributed-work environment.

At a glance

Work mode
Remote

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
  • Experience with writing modern, maintainable Python
  • Experience with Ceph storage
  • Love technology and working with brilliant people
  • Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
  • Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
  • Interest and experience with two or more of the following: Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging
  • 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

  • Experience operating Ceph clusters in production
  • Experience with open source distributed storage such as Gluster, Minio, Mayastor or similar

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
  • Performance-driven annual bonus

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About Canonical

A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004.

Key facts

  • 2004
  • Publishes Ubuntu
  • Recruits on a global basis
  • Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
  • Working remotely since 2004

What they value

  • Excellence
  • Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background