Overview
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the general enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. We hire engineering leaders to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation – leaders who care deeply for quality, performance and resilience in software, and have a proven track record for building, nurturing and developing high performing engineering teams.
Location: Remote – roles open in every time zone.
Responsibilities
- Leading their teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
- Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
- Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
- Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
- Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
- Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management and external stakeholders
- Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands‑on career development
- Contributing to upstream and neighbouring open source projects
- Optimising the distribution for performance, reliability and security
- Debugging complex system‑level issues and delivering robust solutions
- Authoring and improving technical and community documentation
Qualifications
- An exceptional academic track record from high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams above and beyond expectations
- Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
- A demonstrated passion for open source software
- Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Nice‑to‑have skills
- Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
- Experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
- Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
- Performance or Security Engineering experience
What we offer you
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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 on a daily basis.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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