Senior Software Engineer - MAAS

About This Role

This role involves developing MAAS core components and features to establish MAAS as the leading bare metal cloud system. The engineer will shape the architecture of MAAS, ensuring it is simpler, faster, and user-friendly, while collaborating with other teams for seamless integration and timely releases.

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
• Contribute to documentation of current and existing features 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
• Travel internationally a few times a year to meet and collaborate with teams

Requirements

• Passionate about open source software, Linux, and Data Centre automation
• Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles
• Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques
• Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills
• Strong English language communication skills - both written and verbal
• Experience with Linux server technologies, including Virtualization (KVM), Containers (LXC)
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Knowledge of network technologies, including 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.

Nice to Have

• Some experience with Baseboard Management Controllers and Protocols (Redfish, IPMI, AMT and others)
• Experience of large-scale physical server provisioning and automation
• Familiarity with open source development tools and methodologies used in Ubuntu projects (MAAS, Juju, Ubuntu Server, LXD, Ubuntu Core)
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits