Senior Web Engineer

Canonical; London; Remote; GBP 59,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software company is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to drive best practices within the Web Engineering team. This fully remote role emphasizes technical leadership, mentoring, and driving initiatives that improve team performance. Candidates should possess a robust technical background and soft skills, with a focus on Linux environments. Opportunities for personal and professional development are abundant, along with annual reviews and bonuses.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues

Qualifications

• Curate technical quality standards supporting business objectives.
• Exceptional academic track record.
• Professional written and spoken English required.

Responsibilities

• Identifying and driving initiatives for team improvement.
• Design and implement well-tested software.
• Contribute to technical documentation.

Skills

Soft skills

Technical quality standards

Interpersonal skills

Curiosity

Accountability

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Linux (Debian or Ubuntu)

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

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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 globally distributed collaboration, with + 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.

We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Web Engineering team to drive best practices across the team, for all disciplines, bringing great ideas to the table to lead technical conversations. They identify risks and communicate them to relevant stakeholders, asking the right questions to move a project forward. Within the team there are fantastic opportunities to gain deep technical knowledge of complex products in innovative and fast-growing areas of the tech world with space and support to hone your craft. We value transparency, intellectual honesty and teamwork.

As a Senior Software Engineer at Canonical, you will own the development of large projects. Encourages rigorous and efficient engineering process. Writes specifications and understands risks. Works to reduce complexity. Is capable of taking on technical lead responsibilities to drive an initiative to completion. Follows industry trends and new technologies. Capable of representing their team as a subject matter expert with cross-team credibility. An exemplary engineer who mentors and develops those around them in a structured and systematic manner, sharing this responsibility for their immediate team with their manager.

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

The role entails

• Identifying what matters for the team and driving initiatives to improve them
• Design and implement well-tested and documented software
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
• Leading in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• 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

What we are looking for in you

• Curate technical quality standards by designing the architectural approach to support business objectives
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• Displays competency in researching new technology or approaches, and is able to tastefully and sustainably integrate changes and more modern approaches to technical projects.
• Provides comprehensive and insightful code review on items of any size within the project
• 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
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice-to-have skills

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
• Experience fostering and maintaining a talented team by defining excellence
• REST API design, development and governance
• Drive to deliver performance engineering and security experience

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 recognise 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, 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