Canonical is hiring a
Graduate/Associate Software Engineer

Summary

The job is for an engineer to work on a mature open-source project (Launchpad) as part of Canonical's team, focusing on driving future development. The role involves maintaining and improving the platform, collaborating with distributed teams, writing Python code, and working from home with occasional travel.

Requirements

• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have proficiency delivering robust code to production, preferably written in Python
• You have experience and enjoy maintaining and improving large and mature web applications
• You have experience with databases, ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus), data management, and data modelling
• You have an interest in, or experience with, integration, infrastructure and operations
• You believe that robust security requires conscious efforts at every stage of delivery
• You have familiarity with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform
• You have a solid understanding of the structure of various software packaging systems, including Debian/Ubuntu packages

Responsibilities

• Proactively collaborate within and contribute to design, architecture, and feature-selection for solutions across distributed teams
• Write high-quality, API-first Python code with unit tests
• Debug issues and produce high-quality fixes
• Review code produced by other engineers

Benefits

Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 times a year for internal and external events