Python Engineer

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Canonical works across the entire open source spectrum. Canonical Ubuntu is well-known as a developer favourite and enterprise-friendly Linux. Our web services and system utilities are often written in Python, which we choose where collaboration with other teams, ecosystems and communities is more important than raw...

We hire Python Developers with a passion for open-source software, innovation, and cutting-edge technologies. We also look for colleagues who understand that a great product is more than code – it is ready for the unexpected, it is well documented, it is comprehensively tested, it is tastefully presented in its CLI ...

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
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
Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
Experience writing thoroughly designed, modern, maintainable Python 
Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
Professional written and spoken English 
Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred) 
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability 
Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation 
Excellent communication and presentation skills 
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments 
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Experience with container technologies such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes 
Understanding of build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation 
Additional languages, particularly Golang or Rust, C or C++
Deep quality and test engineering
Web or Flutter front-end experience
REST and gRPC API experience
SQL and NoSQL data store expertise
Experience with public clouds or OpenStack 
Experience with Debian/Ubuntu packaging 
Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
Performance engineering and security experience