Graduate Python Cloud Software Engineer at Canonical

Role overview

This graduate-level role joins a distributed Canonical cloud engineering team. The source lists home-based work in the Americas and travel to internal or external events for two to four weeks a year.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions
• Work from home, with global travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events
• 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 extensive experience with Python on Linux
• You have interest in and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux systems administration, continuous integration, end-system contract management, Debian packaging, working with public or on premise clouds
• Bonus points if you have experience engaging with the open source community

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 extensive experience with Python on Linux
• You have interest in and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux systems administration, continuous integration, end-system contract management, Debian packaging, working with public or on premise clouds
• Bonus points if you have experience engaging with the open source community

Technology in this role

• Python: Collaborate proactively with a distributed team Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them Review code produced by other engineers Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions .
• Linux: Collaborate proactively with a distributed team Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them Review code produced by other engineers Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions .

Role-specific candidate guide

Preparation notes based on the employer’s stated responsibilities and qualifications.

Understanding the scope. This Software Engineer - Python - Cloud - graduate level position at Canonical is best assessed through the work described in the employer’s posting, rather than the title alone. The available role overview says: “This graduate-level role joins a distributed Canonical cloud engineering team. The source lists home-based work in the Americas and travel to internal or external events for two to four weeks a year.” Read that statement together with the responsibilities below to understand the likely balance between delivery, coordination and technical decision-making. The role belongs to the platform and infrastructure area, but that label is only a guide to the work; the employer’s own requirements remain decisive. Before applying, check the original listing for reporting lines, product or team assignment, employment terms and any details that may have changed since this copy was checked. Where this page says a fact is not specified, treat it as an open question rather than an implied promise.

What the responsibilities signal. The posting specifically names “Collaborate proactively with a distributed team”; “Write high quality code, with unit and functional tests, to create new features”; “Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them”. For each duty, identify a project where you performed comparable work and be ready to describe the context, your own contribution, constraints, decisions, and measurable result. Explain how you moved from the initial need to implementation, review, release or operational follow-through, where those stages apply. If the work involved other teams or users, distinguish your decisions from the group’s contribution. Avoid presenting a technology keyword as proof by itself: connect it to the problem you solved, the scale or complexity involved, and what changed after your work. The source may contain additional duties; review it directly before preparing your application.

How to read the requirements. The listed qualifications include “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”. Mark each requirement as demonstrated, adjacent experience or a.

Benefits

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and develops open-source software for cloud, connected devices and enterprise infrastructure. Its teams work across countries.

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