Backend SaaS Engineer — Open Source Python (Remote)

Remote

San Francisco (CA)

Remote

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Twice-yearly team sprints in person

Learning budget USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Wellness platform & travel perks

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. Join Landscape, a distributed team building the next-gen Ubuntu management solution for on-premise and cloud deployments.

You will develop public APIs and web applications, collaborate across time zones, and participate in code reviews and release processes. This remote role offers international travel and a competitive package.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree.
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.

Responsibilities

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.