Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

Canonical

Sydney

Remote

AUD 100,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment with team sprints

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Job summary

A leading open source software firm is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join their Workplace Engineering team in Sydney, Australia. The successful candidate will design and deliver web-based systems, ensure high-quality code, and mentor junior team members. Expertise in Python and Node.JS is essential. This role includes a flexible distributed work environment with opportunities for professional development and annual compensation reviews.

Qualifications

Expert in backend web service programming with Python and Node.JS.
Strong understanding of web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.
Experience in data analytics and statistical analysis.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver web-based systems and SAAS.
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
Write high-quality code to create new features.

Skills

Backend web service programming in Python

Backend web service programming in Node.JS

Web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript)

Data analytics and statistical analysis

Natural language processing

Machine learning

Data visualisation

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

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 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. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

The role

Our Workplace Engineering team is a highly performant group specialised in web architecture and analytics. Building new tools, dashboards and analytics that empower colleagues, managers and executives to make better decisions and deliver better work.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver web-based systems and SAAS
Provide new insights into the Canonical workplace experience
Enable new processes and improve existing workflows
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
Write high-quality code to create new features
Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
Provide high-quality code reviews to other engineers
Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
Estimate work, set goals and meet them
Write project specifications and epics and understand the risks
Understand completion criteria and push work to completion
Coaching, mentoring and providing feedback to more junior team members while continuously developing yourself
Connect to many data sources and provide insightful visualisations
Database design and architecture for connected systems
Developing new and improved working practices for the company
Providing tooling to support optimised processes
Love what you do

Qualifications

To be successful in this team you must be an expert in two or more of the following:

Backend web service programming in Python and Node.JS
Solid understanding of web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Data analytics and statistical analysis
Natural language processing, sentiment analysis, machine learning
Data visualisation

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, we are shaping the future of software. We recruit on a global basis and set high standards for people joining the company. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

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

Job details

Seniority level: Mid-Senior level

Location: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Employment type: Full-time

Job function: Engineering and Information Technology

Industries: Software Development

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