Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Senior Software Engineer – Ubuntu Systems Management

Location: Lagos (Remote)

Description

• This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale.
• We are building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise – on premise and on the public cloud – to enable large estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance and operations.
• Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
• Landscape is the leading management tool to deploy, monitor and manage fleets of Ubuntu systems, including package and repository management, health and security monitoring, hardware inventory, and automation.
• As Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.
• This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do:

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase
• Demonstrate your strong commitment to code quality and automated testing
• Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews
• Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions
• Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
• Assist with release management during each development cycle
• Collaborate with devops for Landscape SaaS, Canonical’s hosted Landscape

Requirements

Who you are:

• You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You love technology and working with brilliant people
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
• You have proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python.
• Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django.
• Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
• You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.