Lead Backend Engineer, Open-Source Platform

Canonical Ltd.; Amsterdam; Remote; EUR 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual bonus

Travel opportunities

Wellness platform

Paternity leave

Team travel & events

Job summary

Canonical is hiring a Senior/Staff/Lead Engineer for the Launchpad team. The role focuses on architecting scalable, Python-driven platforms that support Ubuntu-related projects.

You will drive design decisions, improve developer workflows, and expand packaging and deployment capabilities. You will work within Canonical’s globally distributed team, mentoring engineers and delivering robust, production-ready code.

Qualifications

• Proven Python development skills with production-ready code.
• Experience maintaining large-scale web applications and DB systems (PostgreSQL a plus).
• Strong leadership, collaboration, and communication abilities.

Responsibilities

• Influence design, architecture, and feature decisions across distributed teams.
• Craft API-first Python code with unit tests for scalable systems.
• Diagnose and fix complex technical issues to improve performance and reliability.
• Mentor engineers, review code, and promote best practices across the team.
• Travel internationally 2–4 times per year to collaborate in key discussions and events.

Skills

Python development

Large-scale web apps

Leadership & collaboration

Distributed systems

Education

Bachelor’s in Computer Science, STEM or equivalent

Tools

PostgreSQL

Ubuntu

Debian packaging

Job description

Canonical is hiring a Senior/Staff/Lead Engineer for the Launchpad team. The role focuses on architecting scalable, Python-driven platforms that support Ubuntu-related projects.

You will drive design decisions, improve developer workflows, and expand packaging and deployment capabilities. You will work within Canonical’s globally distributed team, mentoring engineers and delivering robust, production-ready code.