Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Canonical; Greater London; Remote; GBP 89,000 - 118,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Distributed work environment

Maternity/Paternity leave

Wellness platform

Travel opportunities

Job summary

A leading open source software company is looking for a talented software developer to create new features and improve the Landscape codebase. The role involves remote collaboration with a global team, committing to high-quality code and automated testing, and requires strong proficiency in Python and experience with frameworks like Flask or Django. With a focus on equality and diversity, this company offers generous benefits, including a personal development budget and opportunities for international travel.

Qualifications

• Passion for technology and teamwork.
• Ability to work independently with accountability.
• Experience developing public-facing APIs and web applications.
• Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus).
• Comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code to enhance software features.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.
• Manage releases during development cycles.
• 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.

Skills

Proficiency in Python

Experience with web frameworks (Flask/Django)

Familiarity with databases and ORMs

Comfortable with Ubuntu

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Flask

Django

PostgreSQL

Ubuntu

Job description

About Canonical

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 1,200+ 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.

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 modernize the Landscape codebase
• Demonstrate your 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 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

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

Equality and diversity

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.