Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace

The Workplace Engineering team at Canonical is a high-performing group specializing in web architecture and analytics. This position involves building new tools, dashboards, and analytics to empower colleagues, managers, and executives in decision-making and improving work processes.

Responsibilities:

• Design and deliver web-based systems and SAAS solutions.
• Provide insights into the Canonical workplace experience.
• Enable new processes and improve workflows.
• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team.
• Write high-quality code for new features and debug existing ones.
• Conduct thorough code reviews for peers.
• Coach, mentor, and provide feedback to junior team members.
• Connect to various data sources and produce insightful visualizations.
• Manage database design and architecture for connected systems.
• Develop new and improved working practices for the company.

Who You Are: To be successful in this role, candidates should be experts in two or more of the following areas:

• Backend web service programming in Python and Node.js.
• Understanding of web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript).
• Data analytics and statistical analysis.
• Natural language processing, sentiment analysis, or machine learning.
• Data visualization.

Candidates should possess an analytical, data-driven mindset with a passion for connecting and interpreting interesting data from APIs. The ideal candidate will demonstrate leadership and mentoring capabilities while aiming to improve the working experience at Canonical.

Work Conditions:

• Remote first: 100% remote working with opportunities to travel to Sprints (collaborative meetings held a couple of times a year in various global locations).
• Personal development: Annual budget allowance and time for improvement areas.
• Compensation: Eligibility for annual pay review including bonuses.
• Recognition: Possible rewards for outstanding work.
• Travel: Priority Pass for lounge access while flying to sprints, along with International SOS membership for travel support.

Language Requirements: None specified.

Canonical fosters a diverse workplace free from discrimination, encouraging candidates from all backgrounds to apply.