Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter

Canonical; Sherbrooke; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech firm is seeking a talented Web/UI Engineer to enhance user experiences across its platforms. This role involves developing high-quality frontends using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter, while contributing to an open-source React toolkit. You'll work in a globally remote environment, collaborating with a diverse team to create accessible and performant interfaces. With a strong focus on user-centric design and technical leadership, this position offers opportunities for personal growth and contribution to the open-source community. Join a company that values excellence and fosters a culture of innovation and collaboration.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Qualifications

• Experience designing and developing high-quality Web technologies.
• Professional manner in interactions with colleagues and community.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement well-tested software in Web technologies or Flutter.
• Collaborate with community on technical specifications.

Skills

Typescript

React

Flutter

Web technologies

Linux

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Performance engineering

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Exceptional academic track record

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

LXD

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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Web/UI Engineer to develop a data-rich and reliable user experience. These frontends are constructed using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter, serving as Canonical's enterprise products that act as the company's face to our users.

To create consistency across our products and sites, we have a central team that builds an open-source React toolkit and presentation layer, the Vanilla Framework. We are excited to develop this further and help more open-source projects build performant and accessible interfaces that respond well to diverse layouts. We use REST APIs for communication, and API design is an important part of the process.

Flutter is a new front-end technology with the potential to unify our desktop and web development. We are growing the team's exposure to Flutter and have roles on both web and Ubuntu engineering for this specialization.

We hire developers with outstanding academic results and a passion for open-source software, innovation, and cutting-edge web technologies. In these roles, you will contribute high-quality front-end and back-end code while demonstrating technical leadership, exceptional design, and intuitive user experience.

We also encourage colleagues to engage with the broader open-source community, helping to build a thriving community, contribute to various technologies, and ensure seamless software operations at scale.

Location: This is a Globally remote role.

The role entails:

1. Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter.
2. Debug and fix issues encountered by users.
3. Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews.
4. Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications.
5. Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind.
6. Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices.
7. Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
8. Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy.

What we are looking for in you:

1. An exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
2. Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
3. Drive and a track record of exceeding expectations.
4. Well-organized, self-starting, and able to deliver on schedule.
5. Professional manner in interactions with colleagues, partners, and community.
6. Experience designing and developing high-quality Web technologies.
7. Experience with and passion for Typescript, React, or Flutter.
8. An eye for accessibility and performance.
9. Professional written and spoken English.
10. Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
11. Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
12. Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation.
13. Excellent communication and presentation skills.
14. Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments.
15. Ability to travel twice a year for company events, up to two weeks each.

Nice-to-have skills:

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

What we offer colleagues:

1. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person.
2. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
3. Annual compensation review.
4. Recognition rewards.
5. Annual holiday leave.
6. Maternity and paternity leave.
7. Employee Assistance Programme.
8. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
9. 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 publisher of Ubuntu, a key open source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are changing the software landscape. We recruit globally and set high standards for new hires, expecting excellence in all we do. Most colleagues have worked remotely since 2004. Working here is a future-oriented experience that challenges you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and elevate your performance.

Canonical is an equal-opportunity employer, committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background enhances our work environment and products. We offer fair consideration to all applications regardless of your identity.