Software Engineer – Docker Images & Community at Canonical

Job Description

We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. If you’re interested in a career at Canonical, we are a remote-first company so please apply to any suitable role as skills are valued more than location, despite some having a preferred geographic preference.

What you’ll do

Build robust, scalable, leading-edge container imagesWork on automated Ci/CD processes for building, testing and publishing our container images Write tools and tests for assessing security compliance and cloud-native compatibilityWork in Python and/or Go to deliver new functionalities to our container building toolsDemonstrate sound engineering principles by contributing directly to your team’s goals Participate in strong engineering process through code and architectural review Provide technical feedback for the team’s decision-making process Engage with the open source community as a subject-matter expertGrow our knowledge base and write documentation Help design new tools and productsWork in a collaborative, agile and globally distributted environment Mentor and help hiringWork from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Who you are – at least some of those statements apply to you:

You are knowledgeable and passionate about software developmentYou have experience in collaborative development You have worked with CI/CD systems (e.g. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse CI, etc.) You have a track record of delivering timely, high quality software You have experience with container images and containerised operations You master at least one container management/orchestration tool (e.g. Docker, Kubernetes, etc.) You have hands-on experience with at least one public cloud (e.g. Microsoft Azure, GCP, AWS, etc.) You have significant experience with Python and/or Go You are experienced with Linux systems administration and package management You have strong written and verbal communication skills to convey technical concepts You bring clarity to technical and engineering discussions You are someone who strongly believes that sharing is caring, and knowledge is power You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree