Senior Software Engineer - Web Services at Canonical

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale.

Who you are

• 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 a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python and/or Golang.
• Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
• You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

Description

Summary

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

Canonical's Online Services team develops and operates the backend services that power the Snap Store, Launchpad, Landscape, and other large-scale web applications supporting Ubuntu. Our services are built primarily in Python, within a bit of Golang. If you have a passion for clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping, and believe that tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in.

What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs, and scale our services
• Demonstrate your strong commitment to code quality and automated testing
• Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews
• Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions
• Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

Canonical is proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better platform for our users and customers. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of the world of Ubuntu.