Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Software Developer (Backend SaaS) at Canonical

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.

This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. We are building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise—on premise and on the public cloud—to enable large estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance, and operations.

Location: Remote in the Americas region.

What you'll do

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase.
• Demonstrate 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.

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated.
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.
• You have 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.

What we offer colleagues

• 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.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full‑time

Job function

• Engineering and Information Technology

Industries

• Software Development

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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.