We are looking for a Software Engineer to join our OpenStack team in Brno, Czech Republic. You will work on the Compute layer of OpenStack developing, maintaining, and improving Nova, the service that provisions and manages virtual machines at scale across large, distributed infrastructure.
If you want to learn more about what the team does you can have a look at the following links:
https://www.openstack.org/
https://github.com/openstack/nova
What you will do:Develop and maintain features in OpenStack Nova (compute API, scheduling, hypervisor integration, resource tracking)
Write clean, well-tested Python code following OpenStack community standards
Participate in upstream code reviews and engage with the OpenStack community development process
Debug complex issues spanning hypervisors, messaging queues, and distributed compute systems
Collaborate with operators, Quality Engineers, and platform engineering teams across time zones
Contribute to design specifications and architectural decisions within the Nova project
3+ years of professional software development experience
Strong Python skills with experience in large, complex codebases
Solid understanding of distributed systems, concurrency, and cloud computing concepts
Familiarity with virtual machines, hypervisors (KVM/libvirt), or compute infrastructure
Familiarity with REST APIs and message queue systems (e.g., RabbitMQ, Oslo messaging)
Experience with Git-based workflows and code review processes
Strong written English for asynchronous, globally distributed collaboration
The following are considered a plus:
Experience contributing to OpenStack or other large open source projects (commit history, reviews, or spec authorship)
Experience working in Agentic SDLC workflows — using AI coding assistants or agent-driven development pipelines in day-to-day engineering
Background in CI/CD for large open source projects (Zuul, Tox, Tempest)
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Skills Required
- 3+ years of professional software development experience
- Strong Python skills with experience in large, complex codebases
- Solid understanding of distributed systems and cloud computing concepts
- Familiarity with virtual machines and hypervisors
- Experience with REST APIs and message queue systems
- Experience with Git-based workflows
- Strong written English for global collaboration
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as generous, with substantial PTO for new hires plus additional recharge days and an end-of-year shutdown for many non-critical roles. Paid volunteer time, holidays, sick days, and supportive expectations around taking time off reinforce the breadth of leave benefits.
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