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Company

Original Job Post

Canonical · 2 days ago

Software Engineer, Sustaining Engineering

United States

Full-time

Remote

Entry, Mid Level

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Responsibilities

Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software

Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's field, support and product engineering teams

Participate in upstream communities

Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion

Review code produced by other engineers

Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques

Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities

Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation

Maintain clear, technical and concise communications

Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences

Qualification

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Software EngineeringComputer ScienceSTEMLinuxCephOpenStackKubernetesCloud TechnologiesPythonGoCC++DebuggingGitUbuntu LinuxQEMU/KVMPostgresqlMongoDebian packagingDistributed systemsProblem-solvingHard-workingCuriousFlexibleArticulateAccountablePassionateEnterprisingThoughtfulSelf-motivated

Required

Professional experience as a software engineer

Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar

Strong experience with Linux, and at least one of the following: Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies

Strong development-level experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux

Ability to troubleshoot with debugging tools like gdb

Familiarity with git source code repositories and branches

An exceptional academic track record

Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Preferred

Interest in, and experience with most of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems

You love technology and working with brilliant people

You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable

You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated

Benefits

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

Company

Canonical

Glassdoor

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Canonical is a software company that markets commercial support and services for Ubuntu (Linux OS) and related projects.

Founded in 2004

London, England, GBR

501-1,000 employees

http://www.canonical.com

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