Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. We are hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph & Distributed Storage.

• Write high quality, rigorously designed Python and Golang software
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Contribute to technical documentation that define best practices for authoring high quality operators
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Develop and maintain software for delivery, operations and life-cycle management of Ceph storage

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Experience with writing modern, maintainable Python
• Experience with Ceph storage
• Interest and experience with Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging

• Geographical location, experience, and performance considerations in compensation
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• 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 and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events