Description:

The role is for a Senior Software Engineer in the Digital Workplace team at Canonical, which specializes in web architecture and analytics.
The team builds new tools, dashboards, and analytics to empower colleagues, managers, and executives to make better decisions and deliver better work.
Responsibilities include designing and delivering web-based systems and SAAS, providing insights into the workplace experience, enabling new processes, and improving existing workflows.
The engineer will collaborate proactively with a distributed team, write high-quality code for new features, debug issues, and conduct code reviews.
The role involves discussing ideas, estimating work, writing project specifications, and mentoring junior team members.
The engineer will connect to various data sources, provide visualizations, and design databases for connected systems.
The position emphasizes developing new working practices and providing tooling to support optimized processes.

Requirements:

Candidates must be experts in two or more of the following areas: backend web service programming in Python and Node.JS, web development technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript), data analytics, natural language processing, sentiment analysis, machine learning, and data visualization.
The ideal candidate should have a passion for experimentation and analytics to enhance the tech organization.
A strong analytical, data-driven mindset is essential, along with a passion for connecting and interpreting data from APIs.
Demonstrated leadership, excellence, and consistency are required, along with the ability to mentor others in the team.

The position offers a remote-first work environment with opportunities to travel to Sprints held in various global locations.
There is an annual budget allowance for personal development and time allocated to focus on improvement areas.
Employees are eligible for annual pay reviews, including bonuses.
Recognition programs are in place to reward and acknowledge employees for their contributions.
Travel benefits include a Priority Pass for lounge access during flights to Sprints and International SOS membership for travel support.