**Summary**:This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Kubernetes, and Observability. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, the growing international software company behind Ubuntu.As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud-native monitoring stack that uses Juju to compose best-in-class open-source monitoring tools. The monitoring stack will be opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. The user experience will be polished and seamless for the end-users, and its administrators will enjoy smooth, lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 operations.You can read more about the project here and here.**What you'll do**:- Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team- Write, test and document high quality code to create new features- Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community- Review code produced by other engineers- Attend conferences to represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack- Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events**Who you are**:- You love technology, observability and working with brilliant people- You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated- You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree- You have a proven understanding of the importance of observability and monitoring for keeping software running smoothly- You have strong working knowledge of modern monitoring technologies like Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki, etc., and how they fit together- You are a skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source- You have a working knowledge of Go- You have proven, hands-on experience deploying, configuring and using Kubernetes- You are comfortable contributing to open source codebases maintained by other companies, you have a history of driving consensus in groups of multiple stakeholders with different interests and getting the resulting work delivered- You have experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools- You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems.- We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better platform for our users and customers. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of the world of Ubuntu._