Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT, with customers that 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 1200+ 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.

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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.

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 a Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.

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

Who you are

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 is a plus)

You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform

What we offer colleagues

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

Seniority level

Entry level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development

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About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. xpavfwm Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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