Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

Canonical

Manchester

Remote

GBP 70,000 - 100,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness Program

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Job summary

A leading open source software provider is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver SaaS. The role is ideal for candidates with strong backend programming skills in Python or Node.JS and a passion for analytics. This is a fully remote position that offers a strong emphasis on teamwork, development opportunities, and competitive compensation.

Qualifications

Analytical and data-driven mindset.
Passion to connect and make sense of data from APIs.
Demonstrate leadership and mentor others.

Responsibilities

Design and deliver web-based systems and SaaS.
Write high-quality code to create new features.
Debug issues and produce high-quality code.
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
Connect to data sources and provide insightful visualisations.

Skills

Backend web service programming in Python

Backend web service programming in Node.JS

HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

Data analytics

Natural language processing

Data visualisation

Education

Bachelor's degree in a relevant field

Tools

APIs

Databases

Git

Job description

Overview

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 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.

What you will do

Design and deliver web-based systems and SAAS
Provide new insights into the Canonical workplace experience
Enable new processes and improve existing workflows
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
Write high-quality code to create new features
Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
Consistently provide high-quality code reviews to other engineers
Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
Estimate work, set goals and meet them
Write project specifications, and epics and understand the risks
Understand completion criteria and push work to completion
Coaching, mentoring and providing feedback to more junior members of the team, while always developing yourself
Connect to many data sources and provide insightful visualisations
Database design and architecture for connected systems
Developing new and improved working practices for the company
Providing tooling to support optimised processes
Love what you do.

Who you are

To be successful in this team you must be an expert in two or more of the following:

Backend web service programming in Python and Node.JS
Solid understanding of web development technologies such as HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Data analytics and statistical analysis
Natural language processing, sentiment analysis, machine learning
Data visualisation

Qualifications and experience

The ideal candidate will use their passion for experimentation and analytics to build tomorrow's tech organisation. This team will help us gain insights into the business and our talent pool, and use those insights to improve the experience of working at Canonical.

As a Senior Web Engineer at Canonical, you need an analytical, data-driven mind and a passion to connect and make sense of interesting data from APIs. We focus heavily on the collection of metrics, optimising processes, and ways of working across Canonical. You need to demonstrate leadership, excellence, and consistency and will mentor others in the team.

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
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; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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.

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