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Software Engineer, Cloud - Sustaining Engineering at Canonical

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Canonical is hiring a software engineer, cloud - sustaining engineering focused on cloud product maintenance and reliability.

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Location
Remote
Advertised region
Home based - Worldwide
Work arrangement
remote
Technologies
Python, C++, Kubernetes, Docker, Linux, Go
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Role overview

Canonical's sustaining engineers diagnose and fix critical issues across open-source infrastructure used by enterprise customers, partners and Ubuntu itself. The work spans virtualization, containers, storage, networking and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Investigate customer issues in Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes and related software, providing workarounds and durable fixes.
  • Develop and backport patches, work with upstream communities, and review other engineers' code.
  • Coordinate with field, support and product engineering teams, improve tools and documentation, and communicate technical findings clearly.

Qualifications

  • Professional software engineering experience and strong Linux plus cloud-infrastructure knowledge.
  • Development-level Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux, debugging tools such as gdb, and familiarity with Git.
  • Ability to work across the software stack and travel internationally for team events up to the stated frequency.

Technology in this role

  • The posting names Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, KVM, Docker, LXC/LXD, OVS/OVN, Python, Go, C, C++ and gdb.

Benefits

  • Canonical lists globally remote work with in-person team meetings, a USD 2,000 annual learning budget, annual compensation review, paid leave and family-leave programs.

About Canonical

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and builds commercial and open-source technology for cloud, data, AI and connected-device environments. The company describes itself as globally distributed and says most colleagues work from home.

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Source checked: 2026-11-08

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