Web Frontend Engineer

About 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 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 across many sectors. The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with over 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.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

The Role: Web Frontend Engineer

We are hiring a Web Frontend Engineer to develop a data-rich and reliable user experience. These frontends are constructed using JS, CSS, React, and Flutter, serving as Canonical’s enterprise products and acting as the company's face to our users.

To create consistency across our products and sites, we have a central team that builds an open-source React toolkit and presentation layer, the Vanilla Framework. We are excited to develop this further and help more open-source projects build performant and accessible interfaces that respond well to diverse layouts. We use REST APIs for communication, considering API design an important part of the process.

Flutter is a new front-end technology with the potential to unify our desktop and web development. We are growing the team's exposure to Flutter and have roles on both web and Ubuntu engineering for this specialism.

We hire developers with outstanding academic results and a passion for open-source software, innovation, and cutting-edge web technologies. In this role, you will have the opportunity to make significant contributions through high-quality, front-end and back-end code while exhibiting technical leadership, exceptional design, and intuitive user experience. Additionally, we encourage colleagues to engage with the broader open-source community. We're looking for individuals who can help build a thriving community, contribute to a broad range of technologies, and ensure seamless software operations at scale.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement well-tested and documented software using 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 ensure it is best-in-class.
• 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.

What We Look For

• 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 the community.
• Experience designing and writing high-quality Web technologies.
• Experience with and passion for Typescript, 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, up to two weeks each time.

Nice-to-Have Skills

• Experience with container technologies 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.

What We Offer Colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• 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 Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

Key skills/competency

• Frontend Development
• React
• Flutter
• JavaScript
• CSS
• TypeScript
• UI/UX Design
• REST API
• Linux
• Accessibility