Software Engineer & Open Source Contributor

We are seeking a motivated Software Engineer & Open Source Contributor to join our Open Source Program Office (OSPO) team. This is an exciting opportunity for a passionate developer eager to learn and grow in the open source community. You will work closely with other developers to acquire new skills, contribute to open source projects, and become a successful open source contributor. Your technical expertise in Python, Golang, Kubernetes, OpenStack, and related technologies will be instrumental in shaping the direction of our open source projects and products.

Responsibilities:

• Learning and Development: Work with senior developers to learn best practices, coding standards, and modern development techniques.
• Community Engagement: Participate in open source communities to build relationships, resolve issues, and contribute to software solutions.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with internal development and product management teams to integrate open source contributions into our products and services.
• Code Quality: Assist in ensuring that all open source contributions meet high standards of code quality, testing, documentation, and maintainability.
• Software Development: Help design, develop, and maintain features and services using Python and Golang.
• Open Source Contributions: Actively contribute to and maintain open-source projects, learning from and enhancing the community.
• Technical Growth: Develop your expertise in cloud-native architectures, containerization, orchestration, and other modern technologies.

Requirements

• Experience in software development with a focus on Python and/or Golang.
• Basic problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot issues.
• A strong interest in open source best practices, including code quality, testing, and documentation.
• Willingness to learn about scale-out cloud-native architectures such as parallel computing (e.g., goroutines), Kubernetes clusters, and distributed systems.
• Interest in developing and maintaining APIs using JSON and YAML.
• Familiarity with Docker and Kubernetes for deploying, managing, and scaling microservices.

Eagerness to gain knowledge in Kubernetes, including:

• Cluster API: Learning to use declarative APIs and tooling to simplify provisioning, upgrading, and operating multiple Kubernetes clusters.
• CNI (Container Network Interface): Familiarity with CNI plugins like Calico, Cilium, and others.
• CSI (Container Storage Interface): Understanding storage orchestration and management in Kubernetes using CSI drivers.
• Telemetry: Learning about monitoring and observability tools to collect and analyze telemetry data from Kubernetes clusters.
• k0s: Gaining proficiency with k0s, the lightweight Kubernetes distribution that simplifies cluster management.
• k0smotron: Understanding k0smotron for managing Kubernetes control planes.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Highly Desirable:

• Participation in open source projects as a contributor or maintainer.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies and version control systems like Git.
• Familiarity with DevOps practices and continuous integration/continuous deployment (CI/CD) pipelines.
• Foundational understanding of AI infrastructure software (notebooks, pipelines, RAG).

Polyglot with little or no bias for specific programming languages.