Software Engineer - Cloud Images

Canonical Group - San Bernardino, CA

Full-time - Entry Level

Remote - San Bernardino, CA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Software Engineer - Cloud Images role at Canonical offers an exciting opportunity for engineers passionate about Linux, cloud infrastructure, and automation. The position involves collaborating with major cloud partners to enhance Ubuntu's capabilities in cloud environments, focusing on building automated delivery pipelines and integrating new features into Ubuntu Server. The role emphasizes software development skills combined with infrastructure delivery experience, making it ideal for those looking to work in a dynamic, remote-first environment.

Responsibilities

• Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
• Design, build and integrate new features and enhancements into Ubuntu that will support users of Ubuntu in public clouds
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Design and architect complex new systems and integrations with the clouds
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers and participate in design discussions
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners

Requirements

• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Practical experience with public clouds
• Interest and experience with at least 3 of the following: containers (docker, kubernetes, etc.), devops automation, open source projects, APIs, Linux systems administration, Python packaging, cloud-based applications
• Experience in Python software development on Linux

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with cloud-native services
• Familiarity with continuous delivery pipelines
• Knowledge of software development best practices

Benefits

• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• 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