Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Canonical; Rennes; À distance; EUR 78 000 - 112 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

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

Twice-yearly team sprints in person

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Résumé du poste

A leading technology company is seeking a passionate Software Developer (Backend SaaS) to contribute to the management solution for Ubuntu. This role offers the opportunity to work in a distributed team environment, focusing on high-quality code development in Python. Candidates should have a degree in Computer Science or a related field and experience with web frameworks like Flask and Django. Enjoy competitive benefits including a personal learning budget and the chance to travel for team events.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.
• Proficiency in developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python.
• Experience with databases and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus).

Responsabilités

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs, and modernize the Landscape codebase.
• Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews.
• Partner with DevOps for Landscape SaaS and Canonical hosted services.

Connaissances

Proficiency in Python

Experience with web frameworks (Flask, Django)

Comfortable with Ubuntu

Developing public-facing APIs

Knowledge of databases and ORMs (PostgreSQL)

Formation

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or STEM

Outils

Flask

Django

PostgreSQL

Ubuntu

Description du poste

Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Join to apply for the Software Developer (Backend SaaS) role at Canonical. 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.

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 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. We are building the next‑generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise – on premise and on the public cloud – to enable large‑estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance and operations.

Landscape is the leading management tool to deploy, monitor and manage fleets of Ubuntu systems, including package and repository management, health and security monitoring, hardware inventory, and automation. As a Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.

What you’ll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high‑quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernise the Landscape codebase
• Demonstrate a strong commitment to code quality and automated testing
• Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews
• Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions
• Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
• Assist with release management during each development cycle
• Collaborate with DevOps for Landscape SaaS, Canonical's hosted Landscape

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree
• You have proficiency developing public‑facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python
• Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django
• Experience with databases and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
• You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform

What we offer

• 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
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• 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; to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

Software Development