Job Opportunities at Canonical

About the job

• We are hiring a software developer to focus on dqlite, our distributed SQLite database which uses our own Raft library for establishing consensus and replication. Dqlite is available as a pure C library or through a Go package that we also maintain, and we intend to provide bindings for Python and other languages.
• You will design and implement enhancements to the libraft, dqlite and go-dqlite components which we consume in MicroK8s, LXD and other projects. Work includes development in those pieces of software as well as responding to issues and user inquiries.
• This is an excellent opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on modern computing technologies. Canonical offers a fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and development opportunities.

What You Will Do

• Design and implement features across dqlite
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
• Improve Jepsen tests, traditional HA database automated testing and stress tests
• Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with the open source community and commercial partners

Valuable Skills And Experience

• Experience with distributed systems (preferably with Raft)
• Good C programming experience
• Solid understanding of asynchronous programming and concurrency patterns a plus
• Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

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About the job

• The telco industry is moving to software-defined services. This transformation is driven by open source software, cloud computing and the move to VNF / CNF approaches. Canonical Ubuntu is a key platform for telco innovation, and we are growing our team of specialists who work in the industry to accelerate the change.
• Canonical enables operators and communications service providers to embrace this new world, with a focus on platforms such as Ubuntu, OpenStack, and Kubernetes, and reusable, high quality automation for operations at scale.
• As part of the Canonical Field Engineering organization, you will lead customers through the design and delivery of OpenStack, Kubernetes, and software-defined networking solutions. Your passion for open-source technologies will enable customers to understand and operate advanced infrastructure substrates to meet the demands of 5G and beyond.

What you'll do

• Match customer requirements to advanced capabilities in the VNF/CNF/NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/VIM/MEC space
• Provide technical pre-sales consulting to Service Provider teams
• Design and implement telco-grade open source multi-tenant private clouds and micro clouds
• Investigate, report and/or fix software defects uncovered during customer deployments
• Demonstrate advanced Infrastructure as code (IaC) techniques relevant to telco
• Architect and implement advanced, resilient Service Provider Cloud and Application solutions
• Design and deliver software defined infrastructure with OpenStack, Kubernetes, MAAS and Ceph
• Learn model-driven operations with Juju charms for Kafka, Hadoop, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, NGINX, and more
• Help customers adopt advanced Bare Metal, Public, Private and Hybrid Cloud solutions
• Learn from customer engagements and drive meaningful product improvements
• Shape our roadmap to accelerate our growth in the telco market

Mandatory skills

• Python software development experience
• A thorough understanding of the telco NFVi (VIM), NFVO, VNFM and MEC space
• Technical understanding of key telco technologies like CPU Pinning, NUMA, SRIOV, DPDK, etc

Relevant skills

• A thorough working understanding of the architectures and infrastructure of MNOs and CSPs
• Working knowledge of Mobile Packet Core, Radio, VAS, OSS/BSS
• Understanding the infrastructure requirements for modern virtualized NF deployments
• Thought leadership and the ability to lead architecture discussions about ETSI and/or 3GPP standards
• Understanding of best practices for open source technology in telco virtualisation roadmaps
• Architect level understanding and practical experience of telco workload demand
• Working knowledge of Linux, Openstack and Kubernetes networking
• A passion to automate and improve all aspects of open source products and tooling
• Ability to lead complex projects from start to finish
• A collaborative attitude with a keen eye on customer success
• Excellent communication and presentation abilities
• Able to travel up to 50% of the time for events, customer meetings, project delivery
• BS Computer Science or STEM

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Widely spoken second language such as Japanese, French, German, Spanish or Portuguese
• Track record of open source contributions