Software Engineer - App Stores

Responsibilities

• 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 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

• Demonstrated professional proficiency in developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python.
• A broad technology base with a focus on backend code and infrastructure.
• Experience with relational and non-relational databases, designing data models for performance and tuning queries.
• Comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
• Strong academic background in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.
• Passion for technology and working with a diverse set of talented people.
• Curiosity, flexibility, articulation, and accountability.
• Valuing soft skills and being passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated.

Canonical is a growing, 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 unique tech company – global, remote‑first, open source, with 700 professionals across 50 countries – we want to be the world’s best, not biggest, global software company.

Our team is distributed, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries, and few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person at interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu – one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud – we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis, setting a very high standard for people joining the company.

Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004, and we continue to lead the 21st‑century digital workplace.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.