Senior Software Engineer - MAAS

About This Role

Develop core components and features for MAAS, Canonical's Metal As A Service hyperscale provisioning technology, to ensure it is a leading bare metal cloud system. This role involves shaping architecture, collaborating with other teams, and contributing to continuous integration and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Develop MAAS core components and features to make MAAS the #1 bare metal cloud system
• Shape the architecture of MAAS to make it simpler, faster and easier to use
• Collaborate with other teams to ensure MAAS works well with other tools and is released on time
• Contribute improvements to the continuous integration environment, tests and practices, to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage
• Contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it a world-class resource for Data Centre operators and users
• Provide technical communication and collaboration with other teams where appropriate
• Take personal ownership of problems and drive them to solutions

Requirements

• Passionate about open source software, Linux, and Data Centre automation
• Professional software development experience in Python, Go (for back-end) or TypeScript, React (for front-end)
• Strong English language communication skills - both written and verbal
• Experience with Linux server technologies (Virtualization KVM, Containers LXC)
• Knowledge of network technologies (PXE, DHCP, TFTP, DNS, NTP)
• Strong experience with networking, storage technologies and Cloud hosting and infrastructure

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles. Ideally, experience of large-scale physical server provisioning and automation.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Baseboard Management Controllers and Protocols (Redfish, IPMI, AMT and others)
• Familiarity with open source development tools and methodologies used in Ubuntu projects (Launchpad, Debian packaging tools, snapcraft)
• Exceptional academic track record

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits