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Software Engineer - OpenStack

Job in Toronto, Ontario, C6A, Canada
Listing for: Canonical
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-02-28
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Python, Software Engineer, Cloud Engineer - Software, DevOps
Job Description & How to Apply Below
About Canonical
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We have 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and run a founder‑led, profitable, and rapidly growing business.

About the Role
We are hiring a Software Engineer for our Open Stack Engineering team. This role will build Charmed Open Stack and Ceph, a suite of open source Python‑based charms for deploying and managing Open Stack and Ceph. You will bring cloud platform technologies to a wide range of users from desktops to bare‑metal servers. This position requires a Python developer passionate about automating infrastructure as code.

What You'll Do

Collaborate proactively with a globally 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 the success of Open Stack and Ceph on multiple architectures

Work from home with global travel (2–4 weeks per year) 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 similar degree

You have experience with Python

You have interest and experience with two or more of the following:
Ubuntu Linux (kernel or userspace), Kubernetes, Open Stack, Ceph, AI/ML, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, scalable web services

You have experience with non‑x86 architectures, including s390, arm
64, power and others

You have experience with Open Stack, 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 Employment Opportunity
Canonical believes a diverse workforce enhances our ability to deliver world class software and services. We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for 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.

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