• Application Deadline:
• Position: Senior Software Engineer - App Stores Backend


• Job Type Full Time , Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

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.

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.

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.

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