Software Engineer - App Stores

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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 enterprise initiatives across public cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT. Our customers include leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders in many sectors. The company operates with a global, distributed workforce and teams meet in person 2 to 4 times per year in locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

Canonical is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services  will join Canonical’s Store team, which develops and operates a large system of backend services powering the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are built primarily in Python, with some Golang.

We face exciting challenges, including scaling production architecture, expanding the range of software we deliver through the system powering our marketplaces, and enhancing our offering for IoT and large Enterprise solutions. If you have a passion for clean APIs, a bias toward shipping, and believe automated tests are key to higher velocity and reliability, you’ll fit right in.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team.
• Write clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
• Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale.
• Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
• Work remotely with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

Who you are

• You have demonstrated professional proficiency in developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python.
• You have a broad technology base but favor backend code and infrastructure.
• You know your way around relational and non-relational databases and can effectively design data models that perform well, and tune queries to access them.
• You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
• You have demonstrated strong academic performance in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.
• You love technology and working with a diverse set of talented people.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.

About Canonical

Canonical is an international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu—the world’s #1 cloud operating system. Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organisations. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu. Canonical is a global, remote-first company with 700 professionals across 50 countries, and most teams work remotely by default.

We aim to set the pace for the 21st-century digital workplace.

What Canonical offers

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, we are a key platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. We recruit on a global basis and maintain high standards for new hires. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future that challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer and we foster a workplace free from discrimination. We value diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds, and we will give every applicant fair consideration.

We are proud to foster an inclusive workplace and are committed to equal opportunity in all aspects of employment.

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