Remote Web Frontend Engineer Job in Syracuse, NY Canonical

Who you are

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or equivalent experience
• Drive and track record of exceeding expectations
• Well-organized, self-starter, able to deliver to schedule
• Professional demeanor in interactions
• Knowledge of web technologies (HTML, CSS, JS)
• Fluency in Typescript, React or Flutter
• Focus on accessibility and performance
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented with a drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events

Desirables

• Experience with container tech
• Attention to detail for UI development
• Curiosity about all aspects of web development
• Experience with systems programming
• Experience with scalable web services
• Performance engineering and security experience

What the job involves

• Many of Canonical's enterprise products have web front-ends. In order to create consistency across our products and sites, we have a central team that builds an open source React toolkit and presentation layer, the Vanilla Framework. We are excited to develop this further and see if we can help more open source projects build performant and accessible interfaces that respond well to diverse layouts. We use REST APIs for communication, and we consider API design an important part of the process.
• Write high-quality, well-designed software.
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team.
• Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities.
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them.
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind.
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions.
• Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events.