Key skills
PythonGoLinux server technologiesNetworking technologiesData Centre automationCloud hostingVirtualization (KVM)Containers (LXC)Capacity to learn quicklyProblem solvingcommunication skillsTechnical leadershipTypeScriptReactCommunicationProblem SolvingCollaboration
About this role
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, and they are seeking a Senior Software Engineer for their MAAS team. The role involves developing core components of MAAS, shaping its architecture, and ensuring collaboration with other teams to enhance its functionality and user experience.
Responsibilities:
- Develop MAAS core components and features to make MAAS the #1 bare metal cloud system
- Shape the architecture of MAAS to make it simpler, faster and easier to use
- Collaborate with other teams to ensure MAAS works well with other tools and is released on time
- Contribute your improvements to our continuous integration environment, tests and practices, to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage
- Contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it world-class resource for Data Centre operators and users
- Provide technical communication and collaboration with other teams where appropriate
- Take personal ownership of problems and drive them to solutions
- Travel internationally a few times a year to meet and collaborate with your and other teams
Requirements:
- Passionate about open source software, Linux, and Data Centre automation
- Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles
- Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
- Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
- Strong English language communication skills - both written and verbal
- Experience with Linux server technologies, including but not limited to Virtualization (KVM), Containers (LXC), etc
- You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
- Knowledge of network technologies, including PXE, DHCP, TFTP, DNS, NTP
- Some experience with Baseboard Management Controllers and Protocols (Redfish, IPMI, AMT and others)
- Strong experience with networking, storage technologies and Cloud hosting and infrastructure
- Ideally, experience of large-scale physical server provisioning and automation, including rapid deployment, configuration, management and service orchestration
- Familiarity with some of the open source development tools and methodologies used in creation of several Ubuntu projects (MAAS, Juju, Ubuntu Server, LXD, Ubuntu Core), such as Launchpad, Debian packaging tools (APT, dpkg) and snapcraft
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
- Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events