Software Maintenance Engineer

Join to apply for the Software Maintenance 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 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 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing. Location: This is a remote role; we have teams in all time zones. This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require upstream bug fixes. Our engineers work productively at any level of the stack, from the kernel to a wide range of languages, to understand and address software issues. It is an opportunity for a technologist passionate about Linux and open source to build a career with Canonical and drive success for our customers, community, and the company. Responsibilities Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software. Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical's Field, Support and product engineering teams. Participate in upstream communities. Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion. Review code produced by other engineers. Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques. Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities. Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation. Maintain clear, technical and concise communications. Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences. What we are looking for in you An exceptional academic track record. Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar. Experience with Linux and open source software. Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux. A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep‑dive difficult issues. Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events. Nice‑to‑have skills You love technology and working with brilliant people. You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable. You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated. You have interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems. What we offer colleagues 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. Employee Assistance Programme & 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. #J-18808-Ljbffr