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Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage
Backend Developer
• On-site
• Full-time
• 📍 Home Based - Americas +1
Canonical is hiring a Software Engineer for Ceph and Distributed Storage within Cloud Engineering. You will build modelling software to drive systems such as OpenStack, Ceph and Kubernetes, with a focus on distributed storage and Ceph. The work involves engineering solutions that scale in production and collaborating with field teams to meet customer needs. The role requires international travel several times a year and is based remotely in EMEA or the Americas.
Responsibilities
- ▹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 defining best practices for 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
Requirements
- ▹Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree
- ▹Experience writing modern, maintainable Python
- ▹Experience with Ceph storage
- ▹Interest and experience with two or more of: Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging
- ▹An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
- ▹Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events
Nice to have
- ▹Experience operating Ceph clusters in production
- ▹Experience with open source distributed storage such as Gluster, Minio or Mayastor
Soft skills
Curiosity, flexibility and accountabilityPassion for technology and teamworkSelf-motivationArticulate communication
What we offer
- ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- ▹Annual compensation review
- ▹Performance-driven annual bonus
- ▹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 the company
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, and the publisher of Ubuntu. It is founder-led, profitable and growing, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries, working mostly from home since 2004.
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