Software Engineer - App Stores

🌐 Remote💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-27

Core

Develop and operate backend services powering the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces for open source software distribution.

Role type

Senior IC backend software engineer (Python)

Builds

Production-grade web service APIs and marketplace infrastructure

Domain

Open source software, Linux, cloud infrastructure, IoT

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Python, web service API design, relational and non-relational databases, data modeling, query tuning, Ubuntu platform, automated testing, code review

Preferred skills

Golang, scaling production architecture, enterprise solution design

Technologies

Python, Golang, Ubuntu, Snap Store, Charmhub.io

Responsibilities

Write clean web service APIs to support CLI and web frontend clients; Design and implement new features from spec to production; Review code and technical designs produced by other engineers; Collaborate remotely with a globally distributed team

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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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 its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work s