Senior Web Engineer

Canonical; City of Brisbane; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Job summary

A leading software company in Brisbane is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to lead technical initiatives and ensure high-performance standards across the team. Candidates should have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related fields, along with Linux experience and strong communication skills. The role offers a distributed work environment, competitive compensation, and opportunities for personal development and travel.

Qualifications

• Proven track record of exceeding expectations.
• Self-organized and able to deliver to schedule.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Drive initiatives to improve team performance.
• Design and implement well-tested software.
• Lead in engineering process through code reviews.

Skills

Technical quality standards

Soft skills

Critical thinking

Linux experience

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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.

The company is founder-led, profitable and growing. We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Web Engineering team to drive best practices across the team, for all disciplines, bringing great ideas to the table to lead technical conversations.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Canonical, you will own the development of large projects. You will encourages rigorous and efficient engineering process. You will write specifications and understand risks. You will work to reduce complexity. You will be capable of taking on technical lead responsibilities to drive an initiative to completion.

The role entails:

• Identifying what matters for the team and driving initiatives to improve them
• Design and implement well-tested and documented software
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
• Leading in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

What we are looking for in you:

• Curate technical quality standards by designing the architectural approach to support business objectives
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• Displays competency in researching new technology or approaches, and is able to tastefully and sustainably integrate changes and more modern approaches to technical projects
• Provides comprehensive and insightful code review on items of any size within the project
• An eye for accessibility and performance
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice-to-have skills:

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience fostering and maintaining a talented team by defining excellence
• REST API design, development and governance
• Drive to deliver performance engineering and security experience

What we offer colleagues:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

Canonical is an equal-opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products.