Software Engineer - App Stores Backend (Remote) at Canonical Nigeria

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is 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 on a daily basis. 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.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Software Engineer - App Stores Backend

Location: Lagos (Remote)

Summary

• This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Software Engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, and Web Services at scale. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
• Canonical's Store team develops and operates the backend services that power the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. Our services are built primarily in Python, within a bit of Golang. If you have a passion for clean APIs, have a bias towards shipping and believe that tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you'll fit right in.
• We have some exciting challenges ahead including continuing to scale our production architecture, expand the store backend to handle additional package types, and enhance our on-prem offering for IoT and Enterprise solutions.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do:

• Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team.
• Write clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
• Design and implement new features and enhancements from spec to production and ongoing operations at scale.
• Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
• Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events.

Requirements
Who you are:

• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar Degree.
• You love technology and working with a diverse set of talented people.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated.
• You have a broad technology base but favor backend code and infrastructure.
• You have proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python and/or Golang.
• You know your way around relational and non-relational databases and can effectively design data models that perform well, and tune queries to access them.
• You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.

Salary and Benefits
What Canonical offers:

• Work from home
• Learning and development allowances
• Competitive Salary
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Generous annual leave
• Paid maternity, paternity and sick leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Exposure to international business and technology

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.