.Canonical is building a new generation of Ubuntu-based container images to simplify open-source application deployment across the world. These container images will be free to use with long-term security commitments, and engineered for performance, security and usability. As with Ubuntu, we will work in the open and welcome community participation.In this role, you'll be developing the tools and technology for building and maintaining this new generation of container images. You'll be working with multiple teams, both inside and outside Canonical, to ensure we deliver container images with the highest quality whilst maintaining a seamless Ubuntu user experience. You will also be highly involved in the implementation and maintenance of the Continuous Integration and Continuous Delivery automation around these container images, for which you are expected to demonstrate deep insights into container-based DevOps.You will be contributing to fast-moving products like Rocks ( OCI images ) and Chisel, and thus have the chance to help steer and consolidate this new team. You'll gain experience with numerous container technologies and participate in exciting and exploratory tasks, where your feedback will be critical for the decision-making process. As an engineer, your seniority will be based on your software development background and ability to lead junior team members.Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical. This is an exciting opportunity for experienced software engineers looking for a place to leave their mark, who are passionate about shaping an open source product with the highest quality, with and for the community!What you'll doBuild robust, scalable, leading-edge container imagesWork on automated Ci/CD processes for building, testing and publishing our container imagesWrite tools and tests for assessing security compliance and cloud-native compatibilityWork in Python and/or Go to deliver new functionalities to our container-building toolsParticipate in strong engineering process through code and architectural reviewProvide technical feedback for the team's decision-making processEngage with the open-source community as a subject-matter expertGrow our knowledge base and write documentationWork in a collaborative, agile and globally distributed environmentMentor and help hiringWork from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external eventsWho you are - at least some of those statements apply to you:You are knowledgeable and passionate about software developmentYou are a team player and have experience in collaborative developmentYou have worked with CI/CD systems (e.G. Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse CI, etc.)You have a track record of delivering timely, high-quality softwareYou have experience with container images and containerised operationsYou master at least one container management/orchestration tool (e.G. Docker, Kubernetes, etc
