.We are seeking a software engineer with a passion for building and validating resilient distributed systems.
At Canonical, you can build a career and drive the success of those leveraging Canonical's Ubuntu and Juju to build multi-cloud deployable cloud applications.We see quality engineering as a first-class engineering practice and are looking for people who can bring deep engineering insights and a data-driven approach to test automation, reporting, and data analytics.The Distributed Systems testing team at Canonical is responsible for ensuring the high quality of Canonical's Cloud solutions based on Juju, Terraform, OpenStack, and Kubernetes when deployed under highly diverse conditions, from bare metal in customer data centers to public clouds like AWS, GCE, and Azure.As a software engineer, you will have the opportunity to develop CI pipelines which power Canonical's cloud integration testing and reporting.
Upcoming initiatives you will have the opportunity to contribute to include expanding deployment capabilities to new clouds and developing AI/ML pipelines for automatic analysis of test results.
A successful candidate is interested in tackling these problems, as well as imagining and leading new initiatives within the team and across Canonical.Location: this is a Globally remote roleWhat your day will look likeCreate automated testing approaches and infrastructure for validating reliability, performance, and resilience of cloud orchestration tools and applicationsEnable engineering teams across Canonical to develop software with confidence by making distributed system testing tooling available across the companyEnhance continuous integration pipelines for deploying and testing Canonical's cloud-native products such as KubeflowDeploy, manage, and debug highly distributed systemsMonitor and report on automated testing effortsCollaborate daily with a globally distributed teamWhat we are looking for in youSolid background in modern test processes and strategiesExperience with Python or Go developmentStrong object-oriented development skillsAbility to develop and ship production-grade modern web applicationsWorking knowledge of continuous integration tools such as Jenkins, CircleCI, GitHub CIKnowledge of networking technologies and fundamentalsSolid understanding of Linux system architectureA capacity for complex abstract thinkingCapability for 2-4 weeks of international travel per yearAdditional skills that you might also bringCollecting and analyzing large multidimensional datasetsOperating data platforms: key-value stores, relational or document databases, event busesWork with cloud technologies such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, Terraform, and AWSDeveloping AI/ML pipelinesWhat we offer youWe consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance