Junior Software Developer - Observability

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Canonical 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. 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries work in a founder‑led, profitable, growing company that values global distributed collaboration.

Location

This role will be based remotely in EMEA and the Americas.

Role Overview

As part of the Observability team you will develop a cloud‑native monitoring stack that composes best‑in‑class open‑source monitoring tools. The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. It delivers a polished, seamless user experience for end‑users and a lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 experience for administrators.

Compensation includes base pay, a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission, and an annual compensation review.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
• Write, test, and document high‑quality code to create new features
• Debug issues and engage with a vibrant community
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack at conferences
• Work from home with global travel 2‑4 weeks for internal and external events

Qualifications

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• You have a bachelor's or equivalent degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar
• You are a skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source
• You have working knowledge of Go
• You have interest and experience with two or more of: Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems

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
• 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

Job Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

Canonical 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.