Junior Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter

About Canonical and the Opportunity

This position is part of the Canonical team, a rapidly growing international software company.
Joinrs AI's summary of the opportunity: Canonical is constantly seeking numerous Junior Web Frontend Developers with a degree in engineering, computer science, STEM fields, or equivalent who can work in one of our offices or remotely. You'll design, implement, and maintain web frontends using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter. Benefits include an annual bonus, training budget, global events, and flexible vacation.
The selection process is managed entirely by the Canonical team.

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable and growing.

The Role

We are hiring a Web/UI Engineer to develop a data-rich and reliable user experience. These frontends are constructed using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter, and serve as Canonical’s enterprise products that act as the company's face to our users.

Flutter is a new front-end technology that has the potential to unify our desktop and web development. We are growing the team's exposure to Flutter and have roles on both web and Ubuntu engineering for this specialism.

We hire developers with outstanding academic results and a passion for open-source software, innovation, and cutting-edge web technologies. In these roles, you will have the opportunity to make significant contributions through high-quality, front-end and back-end code while exhibiting technical leadership, exceptional design, and intuitive user experience.

Location: This is a Globally remote role.

Responsibilities

The role entails:

• Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter.
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
• Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

What We Are Looking For

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your 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 in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
Experience designing and writing high-quality Web technologies
Experience with and passion for Typescript, React or Flutter
An eye for accessibility and performance
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
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice-to-Have Skills

Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
Attention to detail concerning user-centric UI development
REST API design, development and governance
Performance engineering and security experience

What We Offer

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• 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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical is an equal-opportunity employer.