Description:

Canonical seeks an experienced developer with a proven track record in Python and/or Go.
As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud-native monitoring stack that composes best-in-class open-source monitoring tools.
The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box.
The user experience is polished and seamless for the end-users, and its administrators will enjoy smooth, lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 operations.
This position is ideal for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Kubernetes, and Observability.
The monitoring stack will monitor applications running on a mix of cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenStack, as well as bare-metal, virtual machines, and containers.
The stack will be capable of monitoring applications and infrastructure irrespective of whether they are operated by Juju, leveraging multiple data sources at various levels of the architecture.
The role is fully remote, based in the EMEA and Americas regions.

Requirements:

You must love technology, observability, and working with brilliant people.
You should value soft skills and be passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.
A Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree is required.
You must have a proven understanding of the importance of observability and monitoring for keeping software running smoothly.
Strong working knowledge of modern monitoring technologies like Prometheus, Alertmanager, Grafana, Loki, Mimir, etc., is essential.
You should be a skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source.
A working knowledge of Go is required.
Proven, hands-on experience deploying, configuring, and using Kubernetes is necessary.
You must be comfortable contributing to open source codebases maintained by other companies and have a history of driving consensus in groups of multiple stakeholders.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration management tools is required.
Interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems is preferred.

The position offers a fully remote working environment, as Canonical has been remote-first since 2004.
A personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum is provided.
There is an annual compensation review to ensure competitive pay.
Recognition rewards are available for outstanding contributions.
Employees receive annual holiday leave and parental leave.
An Employee Assistance Programme is offered for support.
There is an opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’.
A Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long-haul company events is included.