Software Engineer - Python - Container Images
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
This role involves building and maintaining container images, automating CI/CD processes, contributing to open-source container projects, and collaborating with global teams to ensure high-quality, secure, and performant container solutions within an open-source environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Build and maintain scalable, high-quality container images
- Develop and improve automated CI/CD processes for container image lifecycle
- Write tools and tests to assess security compliance and cloud-native compatibility
- Participate in code and architectural reviews to ensure engineering quality
- Contribute to open-source container-building tools and projects
- Engage with the open-source community as a subject-matter expert
- Mentor junior team members and support team growth
- Collaborate with internal and external teams to ensure container image quality and usability
Requirements
- Experience in building robust, scalable, leading-edge container images.
- Experience working on automated CI/CD processes for building, testing, and publishing container images.
- Ability to write tools and tests for assessing security compliance and cloud-native compatibility.
- Participation in strong engineering processes through code and architectural review.
- Contribution to the improvement of Python- and Go-based container-building tools, both as a user and developer.
- Ability to provide technical feedback for the team’s decision-making process.
- Engagement with the open-source community as a subject-matter expert.
- Ability to grow the team’s knowledge base and write documentation.
- Experience working in a collaborative, agile, and globally distributed environment.
- Mentoring and helping with hiring within the team.
- Work from home with the ability to travel up to 15 days per year for internal and external events.
- Knowledge and passion for software development.
- Experience in collaborative development as a team player.
- Experience working with CI/CD systems such as Jenkins, GitHub Actions, Concourse CI, etc.
- Familiarity with GitOps principles and workflows.
- Track record of delivering timely, high-quality software.
- Experience building container images.
- Proficiency with at least one container management orchestration tool such as Docker or Kubernetes.
- Experience with Python programming language.
- Experience with Linux systems administration and package management.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills to convey technical concepts.
- Ability to bring clarity to technical and engineering discussions.
- Belief in sharing knowledge and collaborative learning.
- Skills ranging from those of a Graduate to a mid-senior Software Engineer.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar field.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation/salary range is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Work from home with global travel up to 15 days for internal and external events
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
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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