Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Responsibilities

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

Requirements

• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degree
• Experience writing modern, maintainable Python
• Experience with Ceph storage
• Interest in two or more of: Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience operating Ceph clusters in production
• Experience with open source distributed storage such as Gluster, Minio, or Mayastor

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review and performance-driven bonus
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel 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 to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is founder-led, profitable, growing, and has been a pioneer of global distributed collaboration since 2004.