Software Engineer - App Stores

OverviewJoin to apply for the Software Engineer - App Stores role 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.

Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.

The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with

• 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.

This is an exciting opportunity for an exceptional software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale.

Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.Canonical's Store team develops and operates a large system of backend services that power the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces.

Our services are built primarily in Python, with a bit of Golang.

We have exciting challenges ahead including continuing to scale our production architecture, significantly expanding the range of software we can deliver through the system powering our marketplaces, and enhancing our offering for the booming world of IoT and for large Enterprise solutions.

If you have a passion for clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping, and believe that automated tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you\'ll fit right in.What you'll doCollaborate remotely with a globally distributed team.Write clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).

Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale.Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers.Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.Work remotely with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.Who you areYou have demonstrated professional proficiency in developing public-facing APIs and web applications using Python.You have a broad technology base but favour backend code and infrastructure.You know your way around relational and non-relational databases and can effectively design data models that perform well, and tune queries to access them.You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.You have demonstrated strong academic performance in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree.You love technology and working with a diverse set of talented people.You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.About CanonicalCanonical is a growing, international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu the world's #1 cloud operating system.

Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organisations.

Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

Canonical is a global, remote-first company with professionals across many countries.What Canonical offersCanonical is an equal opportunity employer.

We 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.Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Canonical.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.

We are open to applicants from diverse backgrounds and locations.Job detailsSeniority level : Entry levelEmployment type : Full-timeJob function : Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries : Software Development

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