Software Engineer - App Stores

Software Engineer – App Stores

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems. Our platform, Ubuntu, powers many enterprise initiatives, including public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

Canonical’s Store team develops and operates backend services that power the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces, built primarily in Python with some Golang.

• 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 specification 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 2‑4 weeks for internal and external events.

• Professional proficiency in developing public‑facing APIs and web applications using Python.
• Broad technology base with a focus on backend code and infrastructure.
• Experience designing data models for relational and non‑relational databases, tuning queries for performance.
• Comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
• Strong academic performance in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.
• Passion for technology and teamwork.
• Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• Values soft skills, self‑motivation, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Canonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open‑source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world’s #1 cloud operating system. It is a global, remote‑first company with 700 professionals across 50 countries.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination, welcoming diversity of experience, perspective, and background.