Senior Software Engineer - Digital Workplace
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Job description
A Workplace Engineer role at Canonical building internal systems and platforms, including Go services, data models, dashboards and LLM-powered features, to support insights into the business and talent pool.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Design and deliver systems and platforms, including intuitive UIs
- Build Go services and APIs that connect many data sources
- Design data models and architecture for connected systems
- Turn data into clear dashboards and visualisations
- Build LLM-powered features into everyday workflows
- Write specs, estimate work and deliver to agreed criteria
- Set a high bar in code review, testing and documentation
- Partner with non-technical colleagues to turn needs into tools
- Mentor engineers and improve how the team works
What we're looking for
- Deep expertise in at least two of: back-end services in Go; modern front-end engineering [React/Svelte/TypeScript]; data engineering and analytics; data visualisation; applied LLM/ML in production workflows
- Treat testing, security, performance and accessibility as part of the job
- Handle sensitive people data with care
- Write clearly and work well in a distributed team
- Own your work from first spec to production
- Analytical, data-driven mind and a passion to connect and make sense of interesting data from APIs
- Demonstrate leadership, excellence, and consistency and mentor others in the team
Nice to have
- Python
- React
- Svelte
- PostgreSQL
- Kubernetes
- A history of building tools for HR, finance or operations
Your team
Workplace
Team that helps gain insights into the business and talent pool and uses those insights to improve the experience of working at Canonical.
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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
Changing the world of software as the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud.
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
What they value
- Excellence
- Fairness globally
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background