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senior java/python developer - kuwait

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senior software engineer - python/mongodb

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Nabd نبض

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 Nabd, the #1 Arabic app &amp; platform, is looking to hire an experienced
 
 Senior Java/Python Developer
 
 in
 
 Kuwait
 
 , with strong experience to design, build, and maintain scalable, production-grade systems used across multiple products and teams. You will play a key role in technical decision-making, system design, and mentoring, while remaining hands-on with code.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Required Skills and Experience:
 
 
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 Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in computer science or engineering or equivalent experience.
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 4+ years of professional experience with Java and Python programming languages
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 Understanding of object-oriented Java programming.
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 Proficient with code versioning tools including Git.
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 Experience in planning and delivering software solutions used across multiple products and organizational units
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 Extensive knowledge of IT concepts, strategies and methodologies.
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 Strong oral and written communication skills; presentation skills.
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 Must be self-starter, proactive and willing to learn and grow with the business.
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 Active residency in Kuwait
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 Job Description:
 
 
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 Design, develop, and maintain&nbsp;
 
 robust back-end systems
 
 &nbsp;using&nbsp;
 
 Java and Python
 
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 Lead and contribute to&nbsp;
 
 system architecture and technical design decisions
 
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 Build reusable services and components used across multiple products and teams
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 Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following best practices
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 Review code, provide constructive feedback, and&nbsp;
 
 mentor junior engineers
 
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 Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate business requirements into technical solutions
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 Ensure system reliability, performance, scalability, and security in production environments
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 Participate in planning, estimation, and delivery of software initiatives
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 Continuously improve development processes, tooling, and engineering standards.
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 About Nabd
 
 
 
 Nabd is a mobile-first company established in 2012 with operational offices in Dubai, Kuwait, KSA, Egypt, and Jordan. Nabd enabling Arab users across the globe to stay up-to-date with their favorite content on the go. Today, Nabd reaches over 32 million users, generating over 2 billion page views every month, making it the biggest Arabic app globally.
 
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Senior Java/Python Developer - Kuwait

Canonical

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 We're enabling high-performing, rock-solid MongoDB deployments on any cloud or platform our customers choose. We want to create the world's best open source analog to MongoDB Altas or Amazon DocumentDB, which can be owned, controlled and operated by end-users on their own multi-cloud or on-premise environments.
 
 
 Canonical is looking for an experienced Python developer with a background in MongoDB who will help us to build a fully managed MongoDB solution based on Juju. We're aiming to build the most reliable and secure way to deploy and operate MongoDB on machines, VMs, public cloud and Kubernetes. The MongoDB team is small, meaning you will be a key contributor and your work will have a significant impact on the product and the broader ecosystem.
 
 
 Who you are
 
 
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 You love technology and working with brilliant people.
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 You are an accomplished senior Python programmer that enjoys challenging projects in mission-critical environments.
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 You have experience operating and managing MongoDB clusters.
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 You are experienced with modern infrastructure deployment automations or with traditional Linux systems administration, operations, and package management.
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 You are passionate about quality and automatic testing.
 
 
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 Work with one of the industry's pioneers in open source with intelligent engineers at every level from engineer to CTO and CEO level. At Canonical we've honed our remote-first culture since 2004, established in the company from the very beginning. Enjoy a competitive salary, the flexibility to work and live where you wish, and the chance to work exclusively on impactful open source projects.
 
 
 
 Canonical is proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background will lead to a better environment for our employees and a better platform for our users and customers. This is something we value deeply and we encourage everyone to come be a part of the world of Ubuntu.
 
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Senior Software Engineer - Python/MongoDB

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 Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ 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.
 
 
 We are hiring a Junior developer with a proven track record in Python and/or Go. As part of the Observability team, you will develop a cloud-native monitoring stack that composes best-in-class open-source monitoring tools. The stack is opinionated, resilient, and scalable, providing deep insights out of the box. The user experience is polished and seamless for the end-users, and its administrators will enjoy smooth, lightweight Day 1 and Day 2 operations.
 
 
 This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Kubernetes, and Observability. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, the growing international software company behind Ubuntu.
 
 
 The monitoring stack will monitor applications running on a mix of cloud technologies such as Kubernetes and OpenStack, as well as bare-metal, virtual machines and containers. The stack will be capable of monitoring applications and infrastructure irrespective of whether they are operated by Juju, and will leverage multiple data sources at various levels of the architecture, including Juju itself, to contextualize the collected telemetry and insights delivered to the end-users.
 
 
 You can read more about the project here and here.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 
 This role will be based remotely in the EMEA and Americas regions
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
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 Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
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 Write, test and document high quality code to create new features
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 Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community
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 Review code produced by other engineers
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 Attend conferences to represent Canonical and the Charmed Observability Stack
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 Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
 
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
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 You love technology and working with brilliant people
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 You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
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 You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
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 You are a skilled Python developer, preferably with a track record in open source
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 You have a working knowledge of Go
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 You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux, container images, Debian packaging, snap, distributed systems.
 
 
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 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 recognize 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.
 
 
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 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
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 Annual compensation review
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 Recognition rewards
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 Annual holiday leave
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 Maternity and paternity leave
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 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform
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 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
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 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 About Canonical
 
 
 
 Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
 
 
 Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
 
 
 We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
 
 
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Junior Software Developer - Observability

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 Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ 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.
 
 
 We are hiring a Senior/Staff/Lead Engineer to join the Launchpad team and take the lead in shaping the future of open-source collaboration.
 
 
 Launchpad is a platform for managing open-source development projects. It includes code hosting and review, bug tracking, package building, translations, and other facilities used by free and open-source software developers.
 
 
 As a senior or staff-level engineer passionate about Linux, web services, and scalable development platforms, you'll have the opportunity to architect and refine a mature, Python-driven system that supports major projects like Ubuntu. Your work will be instrumental in maintaining business-critical services while driving innovation, whether by expanding package-building capabilities, enhancing developer workflows, or modernizing the web UI.
 
 
 In this role, you'll empower developers across the world by ensuring that Launchpad remains a well-structured, high-velocity environment for open-source contribution. As part of Canonical's globally distributed team, you'll collaborate with some of the brightest minds in open-source technology, building essential infrastructure that enables the next generation of software development. If optimizing large-scale projects, driving continuous improvement, and supporting developers excites you, this is the perfect opportunity to make a lasting impact.
 
 
 
 Location:
 
 This is a remote role based in the EMEA region. Candidates will be expected to be located within this region.
 
 
 
 The role entails
 
 
 
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 Influencing and driving design, architecture, and feature decisions across distributed teams, to ensure high-impact solutions.
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 Crafting exceptional, API-first Python code with unit tests, that delivering robust, well-structured systems that scale.
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 Diagnosing and resolving complex technical challenges, implementing high-quality fixes that enhance performance and reliability.
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 Mentoring and uplifting fellow engineers, leading code reviews that reinforce best practices and elevate team excellence.
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 Enjoying the freedom of remote work while staying globally engaged. Travelling internationally 2 to 4 times a year to collaborate in key internal discussions and industry-leading external events&mdash;expanding your network, sharing expertise, and shaping innovation on a global stage.
 
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
 
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 You love technology, working with brilliant people, and solving interesting problems
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 You are a strategic thinker who thrives on solving complex challenges and driving innovation
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 You are curious, adaptable, and articulate with strong leadership and collaboration skills
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 You have proven technical excellence in Python development and delivering high-quality, production-ready code
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 You have expertise in maintaining and improving large-scale web applications and database management (PostgreSQL a plus)
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 You have a deep understanding of integration, infrastructure, and operations in distributed environments
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 You have a security-focused mindset, ensuring robust implementation at every stage of development
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 You have a familiarity with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform
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 You have a solid grasp of software packaging systems, including Debian/Ubuntu packages
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 You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
 
 
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 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 recognize 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.
 
 
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 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
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 Annual compensation review
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 Recognition rewards
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 Annual holiday leave
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 Maternity and paternity leave
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 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform
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 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
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 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
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 </ul>
 
 About Canonical
 
 
 
 Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
 
 
 
 Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
 
 
 
 We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
 
 
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Senior Software Engineer (Backend)

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 Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ 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.
 
 
 This is a general selection track for teams that focus on back-end REST API microservices engineering in Go and Python. It covers all levels of seniority. Apply here if you are already an outstanding engineer with crisp and well-articulated views on APIs, microservice design, engineering processes and DevOps.
 
 
 Our services need to scale to handle millions of Ubuntu clients, and collaboration across thousands of community members. They are also central to the health of critical infrastructure across the globe. As Ubuntu has been embraced by mainstream enterprise computing through the adoption of cloud and developer-centric tech strategy, the quality of these services has become more important to customers and users.
 
 
 While Ubuntu has been enormously successful and in many senses leads the industry, we think we can substantially improve our practices, quality and performance in the web services domain. We are growing our teams, and in doing so we aim to level up our insights on scalability, performance, resilience and DevOps practices.
 
 
 Key areas of interest for us are:
 
 
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 API design, documentation, and governance
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 Database performance design considerations and skills
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 Multi-region service delivery for resilience and performance
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 Fuzzing and other proactive security analysis techniques
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 Tracing and profiling for distributed systems insights
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 Next-generation DevOps practices
 
 
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 Location
 
 : we have microservices teams with open roles in every time zone.
 
 
 What your day will look like
 
 
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 Write high-quality, well-designed, and robust software that works at scale
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 Design APIs and software architecture for collegial review
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 Write tests that validate software behaviour
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 Build and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant applications and services
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 Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
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 Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
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 Debug issues and produce high-quality solutions to resolve them
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 Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
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 Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
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 Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
 
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
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 An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
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 Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
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 Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
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 Proficiency in Python and / or Go
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 History of writing modern, maintainable software
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 Experience with relational and non-relational database systems
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 Continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
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 Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
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 Professional written and spoken English
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 Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
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 Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
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 Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
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 Excellent communication and presentation skills
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 Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
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 Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
 
 
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 Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring
 
 
 
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 Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes
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 Understanding of build systems and toolchains
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 Experience with cross-compilation
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 Experience with hyperscale public clouds and / or private clouds
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 Experience with designing, building, and running distributed systems
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 Performance engineering and security experience
 
 
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 What we offer you
 
 
 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. 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.
 
 
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 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
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 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About Canonical
 
 
 
 Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
 
 
 Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
 
 
 We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
 
 
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Microservices Engineer

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 Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ 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.
 
 
 This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. We are building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise - on premise and on the public cloud - to enable large estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance and operations. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
 
 
 Landscape is the leading management tool to deploy, monitor and manage fleets of Ubuntu systems, including package and repository management, health and security monitoring, hardware inventory, and automation. As Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.
 
 
 Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.
 
 
 What you'll do
 
 
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 Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
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 Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase
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 Demonstrate your strong commitment to code quality and automated testing
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 Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews
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 Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions
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 Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
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 Assist with release management during each development cycle
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 Collaborate with devops for Landscape SaaS, Canonical's hosted Landscape
 
 
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 Who you are
 
 
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 You love technology and working with brilliant people
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 You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
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 You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
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 You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
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 You have proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python.
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 Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django.
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 Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
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 You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
 
 
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 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 recognize 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.
 
 
 <ul>
 <li>
 Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
 </li>
 <li>
 Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual compensation review
 </li>
 <li>
 Recognition rewards
 </li>
 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Maternity and paternity leave
 </li>
 <li>
 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About Canonical
 
 
 
 Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
 
 
 
 Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
 
 
 
 We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
 
 
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Software Developer (Backend SaaS)

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 Canonical is building a comprehensive automation suite to provide multi-cloud and on-premise data solutions for the enterprise. The data platform team is a collaborative team that develops a managed solutions for a full range of data stores and data technologies, spanning from big data, through NoSQL, cache-layer capabilities, and analytics; all the way to structured SQL engines (similar to Amazon RDS approach).
 
 
 We are facing the interesting problem of fault-tolerant mission-critical distributed systems and intend to deliver the world's best automation solution for delivering managed data platforms.
 
 
 We are looking for candidates from junior to senior level with interests, experience and willingness to learn around Big Data technologies, such as distributed event-stores (Kafka) and parallel computing frameworks (Spark). Engineers who thrive at Canonical are mindful of open-source community dynamics and equally aware of the needs of large, innovative organisations.
 
 
 Location: This role can be filled in European, Middle East and African time zones.
 
 
 What your day will look like
 
 
 The data platform team is responsible for the automation of data platform operations, with the mission of managing and integrating Big Data platforms at scale. This includes ensuring fault-tolerant replication, TLS, installation, backups and much more; but also provides domain-specific expertise on the actual data system to other teams within Canonical. This role is focused on the creation and automation of infrastructure features of data platforms, not analysing and/or processing the data in them.
 
 
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 Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
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 Write high-quality, idiomatic Python code to create new features
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 Debug issues and interact with upstream communities publicly
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 Work with helpful and talented engineers including experts in many fields
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 Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions
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 Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events
 
 
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 What we are looking for in you
 
 
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 Proven hands-on experience in software development using Python
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 Proven hands-on experience in distributed systems, such as Kafka and Spark
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 Have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar degree
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 Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
 
 
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 Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring
 
 
 
 You might also bring a subset of experience from the followings that can help Data Platform to achieve its challenging goals and determine the level we will consider you for:
 
 
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 Experience operating and managing other data platform technologies, SQL (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, etc) and/or NoSQL (MongoDB, Redis, ElasticSearch, etc), similar to DBA level expertise
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 Experience with Linux systems administration, package management, and infrastructure operations
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 Experience with the public cloud or a private cloud solution like OpenStack
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 Experience with operating Kubernetes clusters and a belief that it can be used for serious persistent data services
 
 
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 What we offer you
 
 
 Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
 
 
 In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner.
 
 
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 Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
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 Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
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 Annual compensation review
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 Recognition rewards
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 <li>
 Annual holiday leave
 </li>
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 Parental Leave
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 <li>
 Employee Assistance Programme
 </li>
 <li>
 Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues twice a year
 </li>
 <li>
 Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
 
 
 </li>
 </ul>
 
 About Canonical
 
 
 
 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.
 
 
 Canonical is an equal-opportunity employer
 
 
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Software Engineer - Data Infrastructure - Kafka

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