Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Canonical; Hyderabad; Remote; INR 600,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Team sprints in person

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform and assistance program

Job summary

A leading software company is looking for a Software Developer (Backend SaaS) to work on innovative cloud management solutions. The ideal candidate will join a distributed team and contribute high-quality code using Python and web frameworks. This role focuses on developing features that enhance the Landscape management tool for Ubuntu systems, emphasizing commitment to code quality. Candidates must hold a relevant Bachelor's degree and be ready to engage with colleagues globally during corporate events.

Qualifications

• Strong commitment to code quality and automated testing.
• Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django.
• Comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs, and modernize codebase.
• Participate in engineering process with code and architectural reviews.
• Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for events.

Skills

Python

Web frameworks (Flask, Django)

Public-facing APIs

PostgreSQL

Ubuntu

Education

Bachelor's in Computer Science or equivalent

Job description

Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

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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 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. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

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. Work with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.

About Landscape

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.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs, and modernize the Landscape codebase
• Demonstrate 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

Qualifications

• 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.

Benefits

• 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

Employment Details

• Seniority level: Entry level
• Employment type: Full‑time
• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries: Software Development

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 creates a better work environment and better products.