Software Engineer

Join to apply for the HPC Software Engineer role at Canonical 1 month ago Be among the first 25 applicants Join to apply for the HPC Software Engineer role at Canonical Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office based roles. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. HPC is an important and technically challenging compute domain, with specialised tooling and a very high expectation of precision, efficiency and automation. This role is for a software engineer to join our HPC team to deliver an outstanding HPC experience - from bare metal to public cloud - as part of the broader Ubuntu platform. We are looking for a range of skills and experience, and will work on everything from the kernel to Debian packaging, but the heart of our effort will be Python software development for automation of key software in the HPC sphere. You will be part of the team that delivers charms that deploy and manage the HPC cluster and provide HPC software packages. To succeed in this application you must be outstanding at maths and sciences, have built high quality software, have learned about open source ideally by working on it directly, and be looking for an engineering role with a company that makes mission-critical products for the global market. Ideally, you should have some experience of high performance computing environments and a desire to unlock HPC for the world. For this role you must have experience with Python. Familiarity with HPC hardware and software is also a strong advantage - delivering great experiences with Infiniband, RDMA, CUDA, MPI, Slurm, Lustre, Singularity and related technologies will be central to this team's work. It will also be advantageous to have experience with Docker image design and operations, and public cloud image design and operations. Location: This role will be based remotely in EMEA or the Americas regions Write high quality, rigorously designed Python software Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them Contribute to technical documentation that define best practices for authoring high quality operators You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree You have experience with writing modern, maintainable Python Linux, Kubernetes, Public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, Debian packaging We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year Annual holiday leave Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business. Seniority level Entry level Employment type Full-time Job function Engineering and Information Technology Industries Software Development Sign in to set job alerts for “Software Engineer” roles. Junior Software Engineer - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass Senior Frontend Developer (React) - Web Wallet Freelance Software Developer (Java) - AI Trainer Senior Software Engineer - Age of Empires (Remote) Freelance Software Developer (C/C++ - Rust) - AI Trainer Software Engineer - Solutions Engineering Software Engineer (Python/Linux/Packaging) Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu Freelance Software Developer (Rust) - AI Trainer Freelance Software Developer (Ruby) - AI Trainer Software Engineer - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass Software Engineer - Python - Container Images We’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way.