Senior Web Developer - Workplace Engineering Canonical is a pioneer in the digital workplace, established in 2004 with a global, remote-first policy that has delivered world class open source and sets the pace in cloud, developer and IoT technology.We want Canonical to remain the best at remote work. It's part of our enjoyment of our mission - both to deliver the world's best free software, and to push the boundaries of 21st-century work and collaboration. It seems that everyone had a taste of remote work in the past few years, but at Canonical we think it can continue to evolve and improve. We want to take our remote-first workplace to the next level, and are investing in the next wave of tooling to support and streamline our operation.Our goal is to improve the state of the art even further in key business processes for a distributed team: hiring, collaboration, communication, learning, documentation, development, and open source development. We want to understand our distributed teams as well as we could understand co-located teams. We want to help them work better, be happier, and make better decisions.Our Workplace Engineering team of web and analytics specialists build new tools, dashboards and analytics that empower colleagues, managers and executives to make better decisions and deliver better work.To be successful in this team you must be an expert in two or more of the following:Backend web service programming in Python and Node.JSCSS and front-end web programming with ReactData analytics and statistical analysisNatural language processing, sentiment analysis, machine learningThe ideal candidate will use their passion for experimentation and analytics to build tomorrow's tech organisation. This team will help us gain insights into the business and our talent pool, and use those insights to improve the experience of working at Canonical. In some cases, we might productise these capabilities as SAAS for other tech companies.As a Senior Web Engineer at Canonical, you need an analytical, data-driven mind and a passion to connect and make sense of interesting data from APIs. We focus heavily on the collection of metrics, optimising processes, and ways of working across Canonical. You need to demonstrate leadership, excellence, and consistency, and will mentor others in the team.What you'll do Design and deliver web based systems and SAASProvide new insights into the Canonical workplace experienceEnable new processes and improve existing workflowsCollaborate proactively with a distributed teamWrite high-quality code to create new featuresDebug issues and produce high-quality code to fix themConsistently provide high-quality code reviews to other engineersDiscuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutionsEstimate work, set goals and meet themWrite briefs, epics, and specifications and understand risksWork from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks annuallyUnderstand completion criteria and push work to completionHelp mentor other engineersWork to reduce complexityTake on technical lead responsibilities to drive to completionOwn a functional area of your project/productAdvocate and advance modern, agile software development practicesDevelop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practicesConnect to many data sources and provide insightful visualisationsDatabase design and architecture for connected systemsDeveloping new and improved working practices for the companyProviding tooling to support optimised processesWho you are You are knowledgeable and passionate about web and software developmentYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountableYou try to learn and use web best practices in your workYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedYou take web best practices into account with your workYou have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degreeYou have solid experience working in an agile development environmentYou drive work to completionYou take operational considerations (CI, updating, monitoring, observability, life-cycle management) into accountYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedYou follow industry trends and new technologiesYou're capable of representing your team as a subject matter expertHave an interest in data visualisationEnjoy working with many APIs to help many teams across CanonicalYou enjoy driving process improvements within the companyWhat we offer An opportunity to shape a company and products with a strong influence in the open source communityAn inclusive work environment with friendly people, broadly skilled from UX design to copywritingLearning and developmentAnnual compensation reviewRecognition rewardsAnnual leavePriority Pass for travelYour application will be reviewed by our teamYou will be sent a set of written interview questions and your answer will be reviewed anonymouslyYou will be asked to take a standardised aptitude testA short interview with a team memberAn HR interviewYou will be asked to complete a coding testA series of four more detailed technical interviewsDescribe your experience of data analytics and statistical analysis *Describe your experience of natural language processing, sentiment analysis, and machine learning *Describe your experience of data visualisation *Describe your experience of back-end web service engineering with Python, Node.JS *Describe your experience working with structured data and unstructured data analytics *Describe your experience with front-end web engineering in React and CSS *What was your bachelor's university degree result, or expected result if you have not yet graduated? Please include the grading system to help us understand your result e.g. '85 out of 100', '2:1 (Grading system: first class, 2:1, 2:2, third class)' or 'GPA score of 3.8/4.0 (predicted)'. We have hired outstanding individuals who did not attend or complete university. If this describes you, please continue with your application and enter 'no degree'. *Universities around the world score degrees in different ways. Please indicate your result, or expected result if you are close to graduation, along with information about the grading system.How did you perform in mathematics at high school? *Please selectHow did you perform in your native language at high school? *Please selectWe expect all colleagues to meet in person 2-4 times a year, at internal company events lasting between 1-2 weeks. We try to pick new and interesting locations that will likely require international travel and entry requirement visas and vaccinations. Are you willing and able to commit to this? *Please note that if you require any accommodation for travel that relates to a physical disability please do let us know during your hiring process and we will be happy to discuss your requirements further.--Please confirm that you have read and agree to Canonical's Recruitment Privacy Notice and Privacy Policy. *Recruitment Privacy NoticePrivacy PolicyPlease selectIn which country do you currently work? *Please select your current location from the dropdown.Please selectPlease share your rationale or evidence for the high school performance selections above. Make reference to provincial, state or nation-wide scoring systems, rankings, or recognition awards, or to competitive or selective college entrance results such as SAT or ACT scores, JAMB, matriculation results, IB results etc. We recognise every system is different but we will ask you to justify your selections above. *During this application process I agree to use only my own words. 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