Senior Software Engineer

3 weeks ago


Al Ahmadi, Al Aḩmadī, Kuwait canonical Full time

Bachelor of Technology/Engineering (Agriculture)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

Job Description

What your day will look like

  • Develop MAAS core components and features to make MAAS the #1 bare metal cloud system.
  • Shape the architecture of MAAS to make it simpler, faster and easier to use.
  • Collaborate with other teams to ensure MAAS works well with other tools and is released on time.
  • Contribute your improvements to our continuous integration environment, tests and practices, to maintain fast feedback and good test coverage.
  • Contribute to documentation of current and existing features, making it a world-class resource for Data Centre operators and users.
  • Provide technical communication and collaboration with other teams where appropriate.
  • Take personal ownership of problems and drive them to solutions.
  • Travel internationally a few times a year to meet and collaborate with your and other teams.

What we are looking for in you

  • Solid track record of professional software development experience in Python, Go for back-end roles, or TypeScript, React for front-end roles.
  • Capacity to learn quickly about new systems and techniques.
  • 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.
  • You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree.
  • 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 some of the open source development tools and methodologies used in creation of several Ubuntu projects (MAAS, Juju, Ubuntu Server, LXD, Ubuntu Core), such as Launchpad, Debian packaging tools (APT, dpkg) and snapcraft.
  • An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university.
  • Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

What we offer you

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 provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we've been working remotely since 2004
  • 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.
  • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others.
  • Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events.

Company Industry: IT - Software Services

Department / Functional Area: IT Software

Keywords: Senior Software Engineer - MAAS

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