Remote Python Software Engineer — Linux & Open Source

Canonical; Boston (MA); Remote; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Maternity and paternity leave

Job summary

A leading open source tech company is hiring a Software Engineer to work on the Ubuntu Pro client. You'll develop, test, and release improvements while collaborating with a global team. Ideal candidates have a background in Python and Linux, enjoy flexibility, and are passionate about technology. Competitive pay and perks including a personal development budget, annual bonuses, and flexible working arrangements are offered.

Qualifications

• You love technology and working with brilliant people.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high quality code with unit and functional tests.
• Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them.
• Review code produced by other engineers.
• Discuss ideas and investigate to find good solutions.

Skills

Extensive experience with Python on Linux

Ubuntu Linux systems administration

Continuous integration

End-system contract management

Debian packaging

Engaging with the open source community

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

Job description

A leading open source tech company is hiring a Software Engineer to work on the Ubuntu Pro client. You'll develop, test, and release improvements while collaborating with a global team. Ideal candidates have a background in Python and Linux, enjoy flexibility, and are passionate about technology. Competitive pay and perks including a personal development budget, annual bonuses, and flexible working arrangements are offered.