Web Developer, Canonical

Salary not provided
PHP
React
CSS
TypeScript
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Linux
Git
Junior, Mid and Senior level
Remote in EU, UK
Canonical

Enterprise open source solutions

Job no longer available

Canonical

Enterprise open source solutions

1001+ employees

B2CEnterpriseInternal toolsDevOps

Job no longer available

Salary not provided
PHP
React
CSS
TypeScript
HTML
JavaScript
Python
Linux
Git
Junior, Mid and Senior level
Remote in EU, UK

1001+ employees

B2CEnterpriseInternal toolsDevOps

Company mission

Canonical's mission is to make open source software available to people everywhere.

Role

Who you are

  • Demonstrable experience of working on modern web applications
  • A strong understanding of HTML, CSS with SCSS and JavaScript
  • Experience with Javascript components libraries
  • Experience in building responsive user interfaces for a wide range of devices and browsers
  • Experience using Git or other version control system
  • Awareness of SEO best practice
  • Consideration of accessibility in all aspects of your work
  • Understanding of web performance when building complex user interfaces
  • Ability to interact with UX, designers and server-side developers
  • A curiosity about technology and a thirst to learn
  • You should have two or more years experience in the web development industry
  • You should be based in the EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa) timezones
  • You should have a certified third level education
  • You are passionate about web standards and actively keep abreast of new developments in our industry
  • You have strong attention to detail and value the design of a product as much as you value the code
  • You like to show off what you’re working on and also learn from others
  • You have strong communication skills and maybe even blog once in a while
  • You’re aware of the latest CSS techniques but also know the limitations that developing for a broad audience can bring - actually, you embrace the challenge
  • You’re always looking for opportunities to improve your skills

Desirable

  • Experience working with Linux desktop technologies
  • Experience working with server-side languages, such as PHP or Python
  • Experience working on a large scale React (with TypeScript) project
  • A history of open source contributions
  • Relavant work experience

What the job involves

  • As a Web Developer, you will work closely with visual designers, UX designers and other developers to improve our existing products and bring exciting new web projects to life
  • You’ll create high fidelity websites and web apps using the latest incarnations of HTML, CSS (SCSS) and Javascript (React and TypeScript)
  • You’ll help maintain existing projects including updating content and adding new pages
  • You’ll manage incoming requests for updates and liaise with or delegate to other people as necessary
  • You’ll ensure the standard of our output remains high and consistent across our whole product portfolio
  • You’ll ensure new pages are published according to specification and in compliance with our web style guide
  • You’ll participate in and contribute to our living style guide, Vanilla Framework. Work closely with UX designers, visual designers, project managers and other engineers to implement exemplary user experiences

Otta's take

Theo Margolius headshot

Theo Margolius

COO of Otta

Canonical originally started as a company to help distribute Ubuntu (an operating system based on Linux). It is now a leader in delivering open source to the world quickly, securely and cost effectively.

With a community of 200,000, Canonical publishes an operating system which runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Just some of its partners include Microsoft, HP, Dell, aws, and Intel.

The founder has highlighted that Canonical's biggest challenge has been that demand is bigger than the company’s ability to service it. Originally a not-for-profit, Canonical is now monetising and is planning to go public. It also announced its product Ubuntu has a comprehensive subscription version called Ubuntu Pro, likely to aid monetising efforts.

Insights

Many candidates hear
back within 2 weeks

18% female employees

19% employee growth in 12 months

Company

Funding (1 round)

Aug 2013

$9.8m

EARLY VC

Total funding: $9.8m

Company benefits

  • Work from home opportunities
  • Health insurance
  • Learning and personal professional development budget
  • Annual compensation review
  • Recognition rewards
  • Annual leave
  • Generous parental leave
  • Priority Pass for travel

Company values

  • Truly distributed: Exceptional, self-motivated, organised and passionate people deserve the freedom to live where they want. Our teams travel regularly to meet colleagues and customers.
  • Best in class: We rate top for Linux security. We run more hosts, more workloads and more devices than anybody else, because we strive to do everything insightfully, properly, fairly, and openly
  • Enterprise focused: The world is moving to Ubuntu – open source that's faster, cheaper and better. Empower engineers, secure precious data, share knowledge and lead the change

Company HQ

Southwark, London

Founders

Serial entrepreneur. Previously founded Thawte Consulting (sold to VeriSign for $575m)

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