Software Engineer (Python/Cloud)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Python/Cloud): Developing, testing, and releasing improvements to Ubuntu on public clouds with an accent on software interoperability and quality assurance. Focus on collaborating with a distributed team and engaging with the open source community.

Location: Home Based - Americas

Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source.

What you will do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions
• Work from home, with global travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

Requirements

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Extensive experience with Python on Linux
• Interest in and experience with Ubuntu Linux systems administration, continuous integration, and Debian packaging
• Bonus points for experience engaging with the open source community