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Job Description
A software engineer role focused on developing and shaping the MAAS (Metal As A Service) platform to enable scalable, cloud-ready bare metal provisioning for Ubuntu, involving collaboration with global teams and contributing to open source infrastructure projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Develop core components and features of MAAS to enhance its scalability, performance, and usability.
- Shape the architecture of MAAS to simplify, accelerate, and improve user experience.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure MAAS integrates well with other tools and is delivered on schedule.
- Contribute to continuous integration, testing, and documentation to maintain high-quality standards.
- Provide technical communication and collaboration with other teams to support project goals.
- Take ownership of technical problems and drive solutions independently.
Requirements
- Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles.
- Experience with Linux server technologies, including but not limited to Virtualization KVM, Containers LXC, etc.
- Knowledge of network technologies, including PXE, DHCP, TFTP, DNS, NTP.
- Some experience with Baseboard Management Controllers and Protocols Redfish, IPMI, AMT and others.
- Strong experience with networking, storage technologies and Cloud hosting and infrastructure.
- Ideally, experience of large-scale physical server provisioning and automation, including rapid deployment, configuration, management and service orchestration.
- Familiarity with open source development tools and methodologies used in creation of Ubuntu projects such as Launchpad, Debian packaging tools APT, dpkg, and snapcraft.
- A Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Computer Science, STEM or a similar field.
- Excellent logic, problem solving, and troubleshooting skills.
- Strong English language communication skills - both written and verbal.
- Experience with Linux server technologies, including but not limited to Virtualization KVM, Containers LXC, etc.
- Willingness to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for internal events.
- Ability to shape the architecture of MAAS to make it simpler, faster, and easier to use.
- Ability to develop MAAS core components and features to make MAAS the leading bare metal cloud system.
- Ability to collaborate with other teams to ensure MAAS works well with other tools and is released on time.
- Ability to contribute improvements to continuous integration environment, tests, and practices to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage.
- Ability to contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it a world-class resource for Data Centre operators and users.
- Ability to take personal ownership of problems and drive them to solutions.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with in-person team sprints twice a year
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
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