Senior Jira Software Engineer

Canonical; Valencia; A distancia; EUR 60.000 - 80.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading global software company is seeking a Senior Jira Software Engineer to manage the Atlassian stack and streamline workflows. You will enable engineering teams to leverage Atlassian tools effectively, ensuring high-quality documentation and collaboration. The ideal candidate has a strong background in Python, excellent English communication skills, and the ability to thrive in a fully remote setup. This position offers competitive compensation and benefits, reflecting performance and commitment.

Servicios

Personal learning budget of USD 2,000/year

Annual compensation review

Opportunity to travel for company events

Formación

• Experience with Atlassian Jira and its ecosystem as an administrator.
• Experience as a software developer in Python.
• Ability to collaborate remotely with diverse team members.

Responsabilidades

• Manage the entire Atlassian Cloud ecosystem at Canonical.
• Design, document, and implement processes and automation in Jira.
• Create analytical dashboards to enable stakeholders to make data-driven decisions.

Conocimientos

Experience with Atlassian Jira

Python development

Professional written and spoken English

Interpersonal skills

Flexibility

Curiosity

Accountability

Educación

Exceptional academic track record

Descripción del empleo

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Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for 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 more than 80 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.

We are hiring a Jira Software Engineer to manage the Atlassian stack at Canonical, including the administration, configuration, automation, and integration responsibilities. We expect the highest engineering quality, rigorous documentation practices, and effective stakeholder management abilities. Our goal is to enable Canonical engineering and business teams to leverage the power of Atlassian Jira, work on challenging assignments, and enable teams to make data-driven decisions.

The role is in the Commercial Systems team that integrates business systems used at Canonical to ensure reliable data flows at the right time to the right place, and to automate business processes across the company. We own a wide range of systems including popular SaaS solutions, such as Jira, Salesforce, NetSuite, Greenhouse, GSuite, and a few dozen others. To achieve this goal, we leverage Python and Go in combination with open source tools, such as Airbyte and Temporal. Our work helps to make data-driven decisions, and increases the efficiency of business operations.

Location : This role can be held anywhere in EMEA time zones.

The role entails

• Manage the entire Atlassian Cloud ecosystem at Canonical
• Design, document, and implement processes and automation in Jira
• Design, document, and implement integrations between Jira and the data warehouse
• Create analytical dashboards to enable stakeholders to make data-driven decisions
• Create learning resources that scale
• Work with engineering, operations, and support teams at a global scale
• Take ownership of critical escalations and resolve them in a timely manner

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Experience with Atlassian Jira and its ecosystem as an administrator
• Understanding of common Jira usage patterns for various technical and non-technical departments
• Experience as a software developer in Python
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders, remain highly motivated, productive, and organized in a fully remote environment
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

• A perspective on process architecture
• Experience with complex cross-project automation

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• 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 Program
• 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. Working here is a step into the future, and 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, perspectives, and background 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

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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