Junior Software Developer - Observability

Canonical (Leon GTO, Mexico) Follow 1 day ago

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Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems, with its flagship platform Ubuntu widely used in cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT projects. The company operates globally with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries, favouring a largely remote model with occasional in‑person team sprints.

As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud‑native monitoring stack that integrates best‑in‑class open‑source tools. The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. It will monitor applications running on Kubernetes, OpenStack, bare‑metal, virtual machines and containers, and leverage multiple data sources—including Juju—to contextualise telemetry and deliver actionable information to users and administrators.

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source, Linux, Kubernetes, and Observability. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical.

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

Responsibilities

Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team.
Write, test and document high‑quality code to create new features.
Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community.
Review code produced by other engineers.
Attend conferences to represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack.
Work from home with global travel 2 to 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 in Computer Science, STEM or a related field.
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 the following: 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.

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.

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