Software Engineer - App Stores

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, along with industry leaders across 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Join Canonical to build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest in technology.

Canonical's Store team develops and operates a large system of backend services powering the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are primarily built in Python, with some in Golang.

We face exciting challenges ahead, including scaling our production architecture, expanding the range of software delivered through our marketplaces, and enhancing our offerings for IoT and large enterprise solutions.

If you are passionate about clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping, and believe automated tests are key to higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in.

What you'll do

1. Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team.
2. Write clean web service APIs supporting CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
3. Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale.
4. Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers.
5. Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions.
6. Work remotely with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

Who you are

1. Proficient in developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python.
2. Have a broad technology base, favoring backend code and infrastructure.
3. Knowledge of relational and non-relational databases, with the ability to design efficient data models and tune queries.
4. Comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
5. Strong academic background in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree.
6. Passionate about technology and working with talented, diverse teams.
7. Curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
8. Value soft skills; are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.

About Canonical

Canonical is a growing, international software company working with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's #1 cloud operating system. Our mission is to realize the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organizations. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu. We are a global, remote-first, open-source company with 700 professionals across 50 countries, setting the pace for the 21st-century digital workplace.

What Canonical offers

As a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of open source, Canonical publishes Ubuntu, a key open-source project and platform for AI, IoT, and cloud. We recruit globally and uphold high standards for our team members. Working here is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enrich our environment and products. All applications will be considered fairly regardless of your identity.