About the role

Role: Python Engineer (General Track)

You will be hired into any Canonical team that works in Python, across all seniority levels, for work spanning web services, system utilities, tooling, and production processes.

What you’ll do

Write high-quality, well-designed, and well-tested Python software
Collaborate with a globally distributed team
Provide technical leadership within Canonical and the open-source community
Debug issues and ship quality fixes
Improve technical documentation to be best-in-class
Work from home with global travel twice per year for company events

What we’re looking for

Strong academic track record (or a compelling alternative path)
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
Proven drive and delivery, going above-and-beyond
Strong organization and self-starting ability to deliver on schedule
Experience writing modern, maintainable, thoroughly designed Python
Detail orientation with a focus on performance
Professional written and spoken English
Experience with Linux (Debian/Ubuntu preferred)
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, accountability
Strong communication and presentation skills
Ability to travel up to two weeks twice a year

Additional skills (nice to have)

Container technologies: LXD, Docker, Kubernetes
Build systems/toolchains (including cross-compilation)
Additional languages: Golang/Rust, C/C++
Deep experience with test engineering
Web or Flutter front-end experience
REST and gRPC API experience

About Canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems used by global enterprises and technology markets. Its flagship Ubuntu platform is widely adopted across public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT, and Canonical also supports distributed collaboration with teams across many countries.