Software Engineer - Cloud Images

At a Glance

• Tasks: Build automated image delivery pipelines and collaborate on innovative cloud features.
• Company: Join [Employer hidden — view at passion-project.co.uk], a leader in open source software and remote-first culture.
• Benefits: Enjoy competitive pay, personal development budget, and global travel opportunities.
• Why this job: Make an impact in the tech world while working with top cloud partners.
• Qualifications: Passion for technology, experience with public clouds, and Python development skills.
• Other info: Dynamic remote work environment with excellent career growth and team collaboration.

The predicted salary is between 30000 - 50000 £ per year.

[Employer hidden] 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.

We are hiring a Software Engineer to work on Linux, cloud infrastructure, pipelines and automation, and open source software. You will work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to make Ubuntu the best platform there is in the clouds. Your time will be split between build system development (using Python, Jenkins and shell), implementation of cloud-related features within Ubuntu Server itself, operation of our continuous delivery pipelines, and direct partner engagement. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs and containers, and integrate our products with cloud native services.

As a part of our team, you will combine software development skills with software and infrastructure delivery experience.

Responsibilities

• Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
• Design, build and integrate new features and enhancements into Ubuntu that will support users of Ubuntu in public clouds
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code to create new features
• Design and architect complex new systems and integrations with the clouds
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers and participate in design discussions
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
• Engage with many other teams at [Employer hidden], as well as the open source community and commercial partners

Qualifications

• 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 practical experience with public clouds
• You have interest and experience with at least 3 of the following: containers (docker, kubernetes, etc.), devops automation, open source projects, APIs, Linux systems administration, Python packaging, cloud-based applications
• At least experience in Python software development on Linux

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
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Travel upgrades for long haul company events

[Employer hidden] is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. [Employer hidden] has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

[Employer hidden] 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.