Web Frontend Engineer - JS, CSS, React, Flutter

Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, is hiring a Web/UI Engineer to develop data-rich and reliable user experiences for its enterprise products, the company's face to its users. These frontends are built with JS, CSS, React, and Flutter. To create consistency across products and sites, a central team builds an open-source React toolkit and presentation layer, the Vanilla Framework, and Canonical is excited to develop it further to help more open-source projects build performant, accessible interfaces. REST APIs are used for communication, and API design is treated as an important part of the process. Flutter is a growing specialism with the potential to unify desktop and web development. Canonical is a globally distributed company of 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries, founder-led, profitable, and growing.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement well-tested and documented software in web technologies or Flutter.
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users.
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural reviews.
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications.
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind.
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices, and deploy and operate services developed by the team.
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy.

Qualifications

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university, with an undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
• Experience designing and writing high-quality web technologies, with experience in and passion for TypeScript, React, or Flutter.
• An eye for accessibility and performance.
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations; well-organised, self-starting, and able to deliver to schedule.
• Professional written and spoken English, excellent interpersonal and presentation skills, and the ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks each.
• Nice to have: container tech such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes; REST API design and governance; performance engineering and security experience.