Software Engineer - Python - Container Images - Remote

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

In Short

• Build robust, scalable, leading-edge container images
• Work on automated CI/CD processes for building, testing and publishing our container images
• Write tools and tests for assessing security compliance and cloud-native compatibility
• Participate in strong engineering process through code and architectural review
• Contribute to the improvement of our Python- and Go-based container-building tools
• Provide technical feedback for the team’s decision-making process
• Engage with the open-source community as a subject-matter expert
• Mentor and help hiring
• Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Requirements

• Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• Experience in collaborative development
• Worked with CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse CI)
• Familiar with GitOps principles and workflows
• Track record of delivering timely, high-quality software
• Experience building container images
• Master at least one container management/orchestration tool (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes)
• Experience with Python
• Experienced with Linux systems administration and package management
• Strong written and verbal communication skills

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