Job Description
Software Developer (Backend SaaS) – Canonical
Software Developer (Backend SaaS) role at Canonical
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.
Our customers include leading public cloud, silicon, and industry leaders.
The company is pioneer of global distributed collaboration with ****+ colleagues in 75+ countries.
The company is founder‐led, profitable, and growing.
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 contribute on a distributed development team and participate in all facets of the development process.
Location: Remote 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 solid commitment to code quality and automated testing
Participate in 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 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
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 ****.
Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn recent 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.
Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Seniority level
Entry level
Employment type
Full‐time
Job function
Engineering and Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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📌 Software Developer (Backend Saas) (Perth)
🏢 Canonical
📍 Perth