Software Engineer - Packaging - Optimize Ubuntu Server

This is an exciting opportunity for you, a software engineer passionate about open source software. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company and help us to bring free software to the widest audience.Ubuntu Server is a platform that enables amazing technology the whole world over, and is the #1 operating system in the public clouds. Applicants to this role will have the opportunity to help with everything that goes into evolving Ubuntu. You will get to work with our experienced team and have the benefits of learning and growing alongside the best engineers in the business.What you'll doCollaborate proactively within a distributed teamFoster a software ecosystem with seamless user experience for all Ubuntu usersDebug issues and facilitate their solution together with upstream projectsEvaluate contributions of other engineers to maintain high-quality software standards.Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external eventsPlay a role in shaping the future of Ubuntu via both - new ideas in your areas of interest and advising on work being done elsewhereOwn the maintenance of Ubuntu Server packages. Specifically but not limited to:Traditional server workloads (web servers, databases, network services, etc)Virtualisation and ContainersPackage management and dependenciesCollaborate with other teams in the Ubuntu and Debian communities, with upstream projects, and commercially supported customersWho you areYou love technology and working with brilliant peopleYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountableYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedYou have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree (or any higher)You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Distribution Development; debugging issues in a wide range of software; creation of test environments and reproducibility steps; administration and optimization of complex workloads; coding in Python, Go orRust; packaging or distributing software; Public clouds like AWS,GCP, Azure, Oracle Cloud and, IBM CloudInvolvement in open source projects in the past a plusCanonical is 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr