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Canonical

3mo ago

  • Job
    Full-time
    Senior Level
  • Software Engineering
    IT & Cybersecurity
  • Berlin
    Remote

AI generated summary

  • You need experience with React, HTML, SCSS, JavaScript, and Python. Familiarity with Git, accessibility, web performance, and strong communication skills are essential. Must be in the EMEA timezone.
  • You will coach junior team members, manage projects, ensure high standards, collaborate with designers, and foster a positive culture while celebrating successes and learning from mistakes.

Requirements

  • Demonstrable experience, working on modern web applications, such as React.
  • Deep working knowledge of HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript.
  • Good understanding of server-side languages, such as Python.
  • Experience with Git or other version control systems.
  • Consideration of accessibility in all aspects of your work.
  • Experience with analysing and improving web performance in complex user interfaces.
  • An excellent communicator with the ability to interact with other members of the team.
  • Exceptional product delivery experience.
  • Based in the EMEA timezone (Europe, the Middle East and Africa).

Responsibilities

  • Learning and teaching: Coaching, mentoring and providing feedback to more junior members of the team, while always developing yourself.
  • Ownership: Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects.
  • Communication: You'll manage incoming requests for updates and liaise with or delegate to other people as necessary.
  • Standards: You'll ensure the standard of our team's output remains high and consistent across our whole product portfolio.
  • Consistency: You'll ensure new pages are published according to specification and in compliance with our design system.
  • Culture: Foster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values.
  • Collaboration: Work closely with UX designers and visual designers to implement exemplary user experiences.
  • Celebrate: Celebrate success with your team, and learn from mistakes.
  • Love what you do.

FAQs

Do we support remote work?

Yes, we support 100% remote working with opportunities to travel for team Sprints.

What technologies should I be familiar with for this role?

You should have demonstrable experience with modern web applications, particularly React, and deep working knowledge of HTML, SCSS, and JavaScript.

Is mentorship a part of the Senior Web Engineer role?

Yes, the role involves coaching, mentoring, and providing feedback to more junior members of the team.

Are there opportunities for personal development in this position?

Yes, there is an annual budget allowance and dedicated time to focus on areas you want to improve.

What kind of work culture does Canonical promote?

Canonical values transparency, intellectual honesty, and teamwork, fostering a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company's values.

Do I need to have experience with server-side languages?

Yes, a good understanding of server-side languages, such as Python, is expected.

How does Canonical encourage communication and collaboration among team members?

The role emphasizes managing incoming requests for updates, liaising with team members, and closely collaborating with UX and visual designers to implement exemplary user experiences.

Is there a focus on web performance in this role?

Yes, the position requires experience with analyzing and improving web performance in complex user interfaces.

Is the role based in a specific geographic area?

Candidates should be based in the EMEA timezone (Europe, the Middle East, and Africa).

What recognition opportunities are available for employees?

Employees have the chance to be rewarded and recognized by others for their work efforts.

Will there be travel opportunities?

Yes, there are travel opportunities to attend team Sprints, which are organized a couple of times a year in various interesting locations around the world.

How does Canonical approach diversity in the workplace?

Canonical is committed to fostering a workplace free from discrimination and provides fair consideration for all applications, valuing diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds.

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Canonical

Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.

Technology
Industry
501-1000
Employees
2004
Founded Year

Mission & Purpose

Canonical is a technology company known for developing and supporting Ubuntu, a popular open-source operating system. The company focuses on providing reliable, secure, and cost-effective solutions for cloud computing, IoT, and containers. By leveraging open-source technologies, Canonical aims to enable innovation and digital transformation for businesses and developers worldwide. The company is committed to ensuring high performance and scalability, promoting the adoption of open-source software, and fostering a global community of users and contributors.

Benefits

  • Remote working

    Canonical has been a fully distributed organisation since its origin in 2004. Digital collaboration allows us to enjoy our home environment and work with the best in the world in our domain. We meet each other at least twice per year during in-person sprints to nurture cross-team relationships.

  • We build trust

    Zero commute means more time for the things you enjoy. At the same time, we have very high expectations of commitment and independent execution. We invest in people who are self-driven, motivated and highly organised. We take our responsibility for the most critical elements of open infrastructure very seriously, and we are committed to quality in every aspect of our product and services.

  • We engineer excellence

    We aspire to lead on the global stage. There’s no other way to describe it than hard work, hard challenges and hard competition. You will need to show that you can compete in deeply challenging intellectual fields. Your colleagues are aiming for the top, and they depend on you to set the same standard in your area of responsibility. That’s tough but incredibly satisfying. We value those who take ownership of their area and take opportunities to be exceptional.

  • We travel

    We optimise our team structure for time zone overlap. Collaboration and inspiration takes time to fully develop but leadership at Canonical means building cross-team relationships. We nurture those relationships through regular global summits which bring diverse teams or their leaders together. We host these events around the world to discover great places to explore and appreciate in the process. Team events have taken place in Vancouver, Brugge, New York, Budapest, Orlando, Cape Town, Warsaw, Seoul, Paris, Portland, Lyon, London, Toronto and many more.