Software Engineer - Python - Cloud - graduate level

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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.

The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200 colleagues in 75 countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Position

We are hiring a Software Engineer to develop, test and release improvements to the Ubuntu on public clouds. The quality and stability of Ubuntu is critically important, as it is available on every public cloud. You’ll work with teams across Canonical and major cloud partners to develop, test and release improvements to the Ubuntu cloud images.

You will also be a voice in communication with our users, ensuring their needs are met. This role requires quality‑oriented software engineering in Python and a focus on software interoperability across a vast range of target releases and environments.

Excellent

Python skills are a key requirement, with previous contributions to open source Python projects being an advantage. The role involves creating and managing Ubuntu images; therefore, experience in configuring apt, knowledge of deb packaging and general system administration is advantageous. Applicants should be passionate about the Ubuntu project and its values and about building tools that are used by millions worldwide.

A personal interest and emphasis on quality, thinking of edge cases, ease of use, documentation, and careful community coordination is important. Ubuntu is used for a wide spectrum of users, from mission‑critical environments to hobbyist Ubuntu