Software Developer, Backend SaaS

🕒 July 30, 2025

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟡 Mid-level

🟠 Senior

🔙 Backend Engineer

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Canonical

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501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

📋 Description

• Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems • Exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software • Building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise • Responsible for contributing on a distributed development team • Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase • Collaborate proactively with a distributed team • Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions • Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events

🎯 Requirements

• 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 a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree • 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.

🏖️ Benefits

• 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 • Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events