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Lead Python Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

Job in Rome, Italy
Listing for: Altro
Full Time position
Listed on 2025-12-16
Job specializations:
  • Software Development
    Software Engineer, Python, Cloud Engineer - Software, DevOps
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 70000 - 90000 EUR Yearly EUR 70000.00 90000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Lead Python Software Engineer, Commercial Systems
Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers 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 more than 80 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.

The company is founder‑led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a  Lead Python Software Engineer  who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them s is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integration technologies, and exciting open source solutions.

The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as six engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams vices designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Python plays an integral role in it. We are looking for Python Software Engineers for the  Integrations  team.

The  Integrations  team is responsible for the automation of SAAS user management and onboarding of new data sources to the data mesh. The team designs, develops, and operates a Python‑based solution to automate SAAS seat management and track spend across the application portfolio. Furthermore the team integrates internal and external data sources into the data mesh using open‑source ETL solutions, enabling more data‑driven decisions in the organization.

Location
This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

Develop engineering solutions leveraging Python

Collaborate with colleagues on technical designs and code reviews

Deploy and operate services developed by the team

Depending on your seniority, coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback

Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices

What we are looking for in you

Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path

Track record of going above‑and‑beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results

Experience with software development in Python

Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments

Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice‑to‑have skills

Performance engineering and security experience

Experience with Airbyte, Ranger, Temporal, or Trino

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

Employee Assistance Program

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 its 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. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function
Information Technology

Industries
Software Development

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