Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

Canonical; Kuala Lumpur; Remote; MYR 169,204 - 296,108; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Job summary

A leading open source software company in Kuala Lumpur is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and deliver innovative web-based systems. You will collaborate with a distributed team, write high-quality code, and be involved in data visualisation and backend web service programming. This role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for personal learning and development.

Qualifications

• Expertise in backend web service programming.
• Strong skills in web development technologies.
• Proficient in data analytics and visualisation.

Responsibilities

• Design and deliver web-based systems and SAAS.
• Collaborate with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code and perform code reviews.

Skills

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

Job description

Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

Canonical Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

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 founder-led, profitable, and growing globally distributed organization with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person to align on strategy and execution.

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


• 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, epics, and understand the risks


• Understand completion criteria and push work to completion


• Coach, mentoring and providing feedback to more junior members of the team while 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

What we offer

• 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; 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.

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 create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Details

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level


• Employment type: Full-time


• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology


• Industries: Software Development