Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter

Canonical; Edmonton; Remote; CAD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading open-source software provider is seeking a Web/UI Engineer to enhance user experience across their enterprise products. Responsibilities include developing high-quality software with JavaScript, CSS, React, and Flutter, debugging issues, and collaborating with teams. Ideal candidates will have an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or related fields, exceptional organizational skills, and a passion for technology. Canonical emphasizes a distributed work environment and offers various benefits, including a personal development budget.

Benefits

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or a related field.
• Experience designing and writing high‑quality Web technologies.
• Ability to communicate professionally in English.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Develop a reliable user experience across enterprise products.
• Design and implement well‑tested software.
• Debug and fix issues reported by users.
• Collaborate with community and colleagues.
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team.

Skills

JavaScript

CSS

React

Flutter

TypeScript

Linux

User experience design

REST API design

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 widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

Role

A Web/UI Engineer will develop a data‑rich and reliable user experience across Canonical’s enterprise products. You will work with JavaScript, CSS, React, and Flutter, and will help evolve the Vanilla Framework, our open‑source React toolkit.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement well‑tested, documented software in Web technologies or Flutter.
• Debug and fix issues reported by users.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications.
• Contribute to technical documentation.
• 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.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record in high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling alternative narrative.
• Drive and a record of exceeding expectations.
• Well‑organised, self‑starting, and able to deliver on schedule.
• Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community.
• Experience designing and writing high‑quality Web technologies.
• Experience with and passion for TypeScript, React, or Flutter.
• 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.
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self‑motivation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events, up to two weeks each.

Nice‑to‑have Skills

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Attention to detail concerning user‑centric UI development.
• REST API design, development and governance.
• Performance engineering and security experience.

Benefits

• 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.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. 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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.

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. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.