Remote Python Engineer - Open Source Platform

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Remote; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel twice a year

Learning budget

Compensation review

Holiday leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is hiring Python Developers across teams to contribute high-quality, idiomatic Python code for servers, Kubernetes, desktops, and web services for Ubuntu clients. You will collaborate with a global, distributed team and engage with the broader open-source community to build reliable software and scalable services.

The role emphasizes documentation, testing, and thoughtful design.

Qualifications

• Academic track record in school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or compelling alternative path.
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations.
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule.
• Professional manner with colleagues, partners, and community.
• Experience writing thoroughly designed, modern, maintainable Python.
• Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with performance focus.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Able to travel twice a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• Write high-quality, well-designed and well-tested Python software.
• Collaborate with a globally distributed team.
• Display technical leadership within the company and communities.
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them.
• Contribute to technical documentation to set a high standard.
• Work from home with travel to company events twice yearly.

Skills

Python

Open source

Distributed teams

Documentation

English

Education

CS or STEM degree

Tools

Linux

Docker

Kubernetes

LXD

Job description

Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, is hiring Python Developers across teams to contribute high-quality, idiomatic Python code for servers, Kubernetes, desktops, and web services for Ubuntu clients. You will collaborate with a global, distributed team and engage with the broader open-source community to build reliable software and scalable services.

The role emphasizes documentation, testing, and thoughtful design.