Software Engineer - OpenStack

About Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. With 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries, we are a founder‑led, profitable and growing company that embraces global distributed collaboration.

Role Overview

We are hiring a Software Engineer for our OpenStack Engineering team. This role focuses on building Charmed OpenStack and Ceph, a suite of open‑source Python‑based charms that deploy and manage OpenStack and Ceph across a variety of environments from desktops to bare‑metal servers. You will work as a Python developer passionate about infrastructure automation and open‑source ecosystem dynamics.

What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high‑quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high‑quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
• Ensure success of OpenStack and Ceph on multiple architectures
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate and accountable
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful and self‑motivated
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a related field
• You have experience with Python
• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux (kernel or userspace), Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, AI/ML, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, PostgreSQL, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services
• You have experience with non‑x86 architectures, including s390, arm64, power and others
• You have experience with OpenStack, OVN, Openvswitch and other related cloud technologies

What Canonical offers

• Learning and Development
• Annual Compensation Review
• Recognition Rewards
• Annual Leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Flexible working option

Equal Opportunity Statement

Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world‑class software and services. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities to all qualified individuals. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.

Location

Turin, Piedmont, Italy

Seniority Level

Entry level

Employment Type

Full‑time

Job Function

Engineering and Information Technology

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