Software Maintenance Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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.

Role Overview We are hiring a Software Maintenance Engineer to work in a dynamic and exciting engineering role in Linux‑based infrastructure and applications, covering all layers of the stack, including bare metal, virtualization (KVM), containerization (Docker/LXC/LXD), storage (Ceph and Linux file systems), networking (OVS, OVN and Core networking), Open Stack, Kubernetes and the open source applications running on top of them. If you have an affinity for open source software, great communication skills, and a passion for troubleshooting and fixing issues in technology used by millions across the world, you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry ponsibilities

Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, Open Stack, or Kubernetes and other open source software

Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams

Participate in upstream communities

Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion

Review code produced by other engineers

Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques

Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities

Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation

Maintain clear, technical and concise communications

Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences

Qualifications

An exceptional academic track record

Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar

Experience with Linux and open source software

Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux

A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep‑dive difficult issues

Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Nice‑to‑have skills

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 interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following:
Ubuntu Linux – kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, Open Stack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems

Benefits

Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme & Wellness Platform Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

Location & Travel This is a remote role. Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences.

Equal Opportunity Employer Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority Level Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology Industries Software  Development
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