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About the job
The company 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. The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with colleagues in over 75 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times a year in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.
We are hiring a Senior Software Engineer on the Web Engineering team to drive best practices across all disciplines, bringing great ideas to the table to lead technical conversations. In this role, you will identify risks and effectively communicate them to relevant stakeholders, asking the right questions to move projects forward. Opportunities for deep technical knowledge of complex products in innovative and fast-growing areas of technology await, along with support to hone your craft. We value transparency, intellectual honesty, and teamwork.
As a Senior Software Engineer, you will own the development of large projects and encourage a rigorous and efficient engineering process. You will write specifications, understand risks, reduce complexity, and take on technical lead responsibilities to drive initiatives to completion. Staying updated with industry trends and new technologies will be essential, and you will represent your team as a subject matter expert to other teams. Mentorship and developing your peers in a structured and systematic manner will also be an important part of your role.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.
The role entails
- Identifying what matters for the team and driving initiatives to improve them
- Designing and implementing well-tested and documented software
- Debugging and fixing issues encountered by users
- Leading our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
- Contributing to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
- Seeking improvements to engineering and operations practices
- Deploying and operating services developed by the team
- Contributing to the success of your product through technical advocacy
What we are looking for in you
- Curating technical quality standards by designing the architectural approach to support business objectives
- Valuing soft skills and being passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- An 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
- Competency in researching new technologies or approaches and tastefully integrating changes and modern practices to technical projects.
- Providing comprehensive and insightful code reviews on items of any size within the project
- 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
- 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
- Experience fostering and maintaining a talented team by defining excellence
- REST API design, development, and governance
- Drive to deliver performance engineering and security experience
What we offer colleagues
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide and revisit it annually. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission, along with additional benefits that reflect our values and ideals.
- 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
The company is an equal-opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds creates a better work environment and better products.
