Backend Software Developer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. We are building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise - on premise and on the public cloud - to enable large estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance and operations. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
Landscape is the leading management tool to deploy, monitor and manage fleets of Ubuntu systems, including package and repository management, health and security monitoring, hardware inventory, and automation. As Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.

Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase
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
Collaborate with devops for Landscape SaaS, Canonical’s hosted Landscape

You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
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.
Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django.
Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

As the company that publishes 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.