Jobs at Canonical

The Developer Relations team at Canonical engage with community and enterprise software developers to help them embrace the Canonical approach to open source. We enable community developers and ISVs to deliver their applications to millions of Linux users and devices as snaps, charms, debs and Docker images. We also bring their feedback to engineering teams at Canonical for continuous improvement. As a Developer Relations Manager, you will lead a team of developer relations engineers who engage with developer communities and ISVs to help them reach the Ubuntu ecosystem. Typically we help them shape their snaps, charms, or Ubuntu-based Docker images, and ensure that Ubuntu is fully enabled in their CI/CD pipelines. This is a role that requires strong technical grounding in software engineering, Linux and open source communities, container technologies and devops. It is also a management role that requires judgement, empathy and drive. You and your team will represent not only the Ubuntu community but also Canonical as a contributor to the wider Linux ecosystem. You will lead a distributed team and travel internationally 2-4 times per year for engineering sprints, community summits, industry events, and strategic planning sessions. What you will do

• Build and lead a developer relations team at Canonical
• Gain a deep understanding of snaps, Juju charms, or Docker containers
• Grow the developer community by attracting software developers and ISVs to the platform
• Create content to scale up adoption, demonstrate best practices, and showcase new features
• Provide input to development teams at Canonical based on feedback from ISVs, developers, and the wider community
• Collaborate with software developers, product managers and technical writers on developing documentation
• Write ecosystem specific guides, tutorials, release notes, and white papers
• Curate existing documentation, performing periodic reviews, triage user feedback/bug reports and determine priorities for remedial work
• Engage with the community through various means, including discourse, IRC, social media, conferences, etc.
• Identify relevant influencers and devising plans on how to effectively engage with them
• Deliver training workshops in person and remotely
• Represent the platform via speaking engagements at industry events and community conferences

Who you are

• You love technology and working with brilliant people.
• You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable.
• You value soft skills and are passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated.
• You have experience with developer tools and open source projects.
• You have a clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, Twitter, etc).
• You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, container technology.
• You can work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed.
• You can be flexible with your time and enjoy working with new technology in a fast-paced environment.
• You are experienced working with open source communities and understand the workflow of volunteer contributors.

Nice to have

• Experience as a software developer
• Examples of contributions to the Ubuntu Community
• Experience with contributing to open source project

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This role is an opportunity for a senior software architect to build a career with Canonical and drive the architecture of internally developed and deployed software solutions. The Commercial Systems team closely collaborates with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems team are used by millions of machines all over the world. Designing and developing these systems requires a high degree of understanding of distributed systems and appreciation for business critical systems and the value of data flowing between the systems. It is crucial for services developed by the Commercial Systems team to flawlessly and securely operate 24/7 and to allow for seamless integration with solutions developed and used by other teams at Canonical, while keeping security at the forefront. Apply here if you would like to be at the center of connecting all the dots and drive the architecture of such software solutions. As a successful candidate, you will provide architectural guidance to six engineering teams within Commercial Systems that develop backend services for ESM, automate business processes, integrate a number of software systems used across Canonical, and develop an internal data lake. You will also work with engineering and business stakeholders on designing software solutions developed by the Commercial Systems team and made available to other engineering teams at Canonical as a service. We are looking for a senior software architect with hands-on experience with Go and Python, distributed systems, SaaS, and microservices, who has the drive, energy, and skills to drive the architecture of business critical systems at Canonical. Key responsibilities

• Drive the architecture of internally developed and operated software solutions.
• Actively seek improvements to established processes, designs, and solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.

We expect

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a relevant work experience.
• Experience as a software architect working on distributed and business critical systems.
• Experience with Golang and Python as a software engineer.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or similar.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Excellent analytical skills and both verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders, remain highly motivated, productive, and organized in a fully remote environment.
• Ability to travel to international destinations for one week at a time, approximately 2-4 times per year. Locations prior to the global pandemic included New York, Seattle, London, Cape Town, Budapest, Berlin, Montreal, and Brussels.

Nice to have

• Experience from finance, sales, or e-commerce domains.

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We are looking for a senior project manager with agile experience and a track record of success managing web teams that include designers and developers and other project managers. Our mission is to make enterprise-grade open source available to people everywhere. We create world-renowned software, impacting the lives of millions of engineers, enterprises, entrepreneurs and consumers every day. Our multi-disciplinary web design and production team includes visual designers, UX designers, front-end and back-end developers to bring exciting web projects to life. We help and learn from each other and strive to improve our work and processes. We value:

• Excellent academic results at school and university
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Business, HCI, Design, or STEM subjects
• Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology and design
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific
• Drive to finish work and celebrate success
• Confidence in agile practices

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With Ubuntu, Canonical made open source usable by all. Today, from enterprise to home users, from Calcutta to California, Ubuntu continues to redefine productivity, reliability and innovation on desktops, in the cloud and on devices. We're looking for a Product Marketing Manager who will be responsible for developing marketing strategy and go to market plans at a global level for Ubuntu desktop and server... This is a hands-on, multi-disciplinary and dynamic position, requiring close collaboration with the product and engineering teams, content team, sales teams, as well as other marketing functions… all in support of Ubuntu and Canonical's growth. The ideal candidate is passionate about technology, technology marketing and the use of technology in marketing. They prefer to work in an environment that emphasises ownership of campaigns, collaboration, learning, curiosity and a drive to always improve oneself / the team / the organisation. They love to problem solve, get hands on, experiment, measure and use automation to make daily life easier.

We value:

• Experience in a product marketing function for enterprise or developer products Passion for Ubuntu, Linux and open source
• The discipline and creativity to build successful go-to-market strategies
• Personal engagement with users and customers
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills: strong content marketer
• Excellent academic results, with Bachelor's or equivalent in Business, Marketing, or STEM
• Commitment to continuous learning, feedback and improvement
• Engagement with the latest marketing and martech practices