Software Engineer - App Stores

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 across 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Join Canonical to build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest in technology.

Canonical's Store team develops and operates a large system of backend services powering the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are primarily built in Python, with some Golang.

We face exciting challenges ahead, including scaling our production architecture, expanding the range of software delivered through our marketplaces, and enhancing our offerings for IoT and large Enterprise solutions.

If you are passionate about clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping, and believe in automated testing for higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in.

What you'll do

1. Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team.
2. Write clean web service APIs to support CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
3. Design and implement new features and enhancements from specs to production and ongoing operations at scale.
4. Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers.
5. Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
6. Work remotely with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

Who you are

1. You have demonstrated proficiency in developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python.
2. You have a broad technology base but favor backend code and infrastructure.
3. You are familiar with relational and non-relational databases, capable of designing data models that perform well and tuning queries.
4. You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
5. You have strong academic performance in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree.
6. You love technology and working with diverse talented people.
7. You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
8. You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.

About Canonical

Canonical is a growing, international software company working with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu—the world's #1 cloud operating system. Our mission is to realize the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organizations. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu. We are a remote-first company with 700 professionals across 50 countries, aiming to be the world's best, not biggest, global software company.

Most teams work remotely by default, setting the pace for the 21st-century digital workplace.

What Canonical offers

As a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of open source, Canonical is changing the world of software. We recruit globally and set high standards for our team members. Working here is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. We give fair consideration to all applications regardless of your identity.