Software Engineer - Python - Container Images

Posted 11 Days Ago
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28 Locations
Mid level
Cloud • Software
The Role
As a Software Engineer at Canonical, you will develop tools for building and maintaining Ubuntu-based container images. Responsibilities include automating CI/CD processes, writing security compliance tools, and contributing to product development in collaboration with global teams. You will also mentor junior engineers and engage with the open-source community.
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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 1100+ 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. The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

Canonical is building a new generation of Ubuntu-based container images to simplify open-source application deployment across the world. These container images will be free to use with long-term security commitments, and engineered for performance, security and usability. As with Ubuntu, we will work in the open and welcome community participation.

In this role, you’ll be developing the tools and technology for building and maintaining this new generation of container images. You’ll be working with multiple teams, both inside and outside Canonical, to ensure we deliver container images with the highest quality whilst maintaining a seamless Ubuntu user experience. You will also be highly involved in the implementation and maintenance of the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery automation around these container images, for which you are expected to demonstrate deep insights into container-based DevOps.

You will be contributing to fast-moving products like Rocks (OCI images) and Chisel, and thus have the chance to help steer and consolidate this new team. You’ll gain experience with numerous container technologies and participate in exciting and exploratory tasks, where your feedback will be critical for the decision-making process. As an engineer, your seniority will be based on your software development background and ability to lead junior team members.

Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced software engineers looking for a place to leave their mark, who are passionate about shaping an open source product with the highest quality, with and for the community!


**Location**: EMEA 

This role entails

  • 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
  • Work in Python to deliver new functionalities to our container-building tools
  • Participate in strong engineering process through code and architectural review
  • Provide technical feedback for the team’s decision-making process
  • Engage with the open-source community as a subject-matter expert
  • Grow our knowledge base and write documentation
  • Work in a collaborative, agile and globally distributed environment
  • Mentor and help hiring
  • Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

  • You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • You are a team player and have experience in collaborative development
  • You have worked with CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse CI, etc.)
  • You have a track record of delivering timely, high-quality software
  • You have experience with container images and containerised operations
  • You master at least one container management/orchestration tool (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.)
  • You have significant experience with Python
  • You are experienced with Linux systems administration and package management
  • You have strong written and verbal communication skills to convey technical concepts
  • You bring clarity to technical and engineering discussions
  • You are someone who strongly believes that sharing is caring, and knowledge is power
  • Your skills range from those of a Graduate to a mid-senior Software Engineer
  • You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • 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
  • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

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 on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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Top Skills

Python
The Company
880 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2004

What We Do

We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.
We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others'​. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation.
Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers.
Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why its the fastest growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

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