Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter

Overview

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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 across public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include world-leading public cloud and silicon providers and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is founder-led, profitable and growing, with 1100+ 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. We are hiring a Web/UI Engineer to develop a data-rich and reliable user experience. These frontends are constructed using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter, and serve as Canonical’s enterprise products that act as the company’s face to our users.

We use REST APIs for communication, and API design is an important part of the process. Flutter is a new front-end technology that has the potential to unify our desktop and web development and we are growing the team’s exposure to Flutter with roles on web and Ubuntu engineering for this specialism.

Location:

This is a Globally remote role.

• Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter.
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users.
• Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews.
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications.
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind.
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices.
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy.

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations.
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule.
• Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community.
• Experience designing and writing high-quality Web technologies.
• Experience with and passion for Type Script, React or Flutter.
• An eye for accessibility and performance.
• Professional written and spoken English.
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills.
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each.

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes.
• Attention to detail concerning user-centric UI development.
• REST API design, development and governance.
• Performance engineering and security experience.

• 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 and annual holiday leave.
• Maternity and paternity leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

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 – 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 creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.