Jobs at Canonical

We are looking for a project manager with agile experience and a track record of success managing web teams that include both designers and developers.

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

We look for people who love what they do.

• You will be successful here if you are passionate about agile methodology and proactively keep abreast of new developments in our industry.
• You should be able to demonstrate that you have taken concrete steps to improve your skills, and we will help you continue in your learning and development.
• We like to demonstrate what we’re working on, get feedback early, and learn from others.
• We expect our colleagues to pay attention to details and have excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

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Our cloud operations engineers bring Python software-engineering skills and rigour to the operations domain. We practice devsecops from bare metal to application. We architect and run OpenStack, Kubernetes and software defined storage, and we enable devsecops for applications running on that infrastructure too.

To become a member of this team, you need to be a software engineer fluent in Python, you need a genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from metal to containers, and you need the ability to work in a high pressure operations environment with mission-critical services for global brand name customers.

As a member of the team you will gain experience in a broad range of cloud technologies. We evolve our offerings as the state of the art improves, so you get to stay current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure. We drive upgrades to keep our customers on the latest, best solutions.

What Canonical Offers

• Technical management team that understands the details of what we are developing
• A culture of openness and inclusiveness
• Helpful and talented engineers who are world-class experts in many fields
• Teams focused on good work life balance with long average retention rates
• A wide range of engineering disciplines and career paths that can move between divisions
• Fully remote company for career growth without relocation requirements

Requirements

• Software Engineering or Computer Science degree
• Linux experience and familiarity with Linux networking and storage
• Python software development experience
• Demonstrated drive for continual learning
• Devops experience

Nice to haves

• Experience with OpenStack or Kubernetes deployment or operations
• We hope that you’ll join us in helping to shape and build the future of free software together

Of course we also offer

• Learning and Development
• Annual Compensation Review
• Recognition Rewards
• Annual Leave
• Priority Pass for travel
• Flexible working option

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Part of the User Experience team, the Content Designer at Canonical produces clear, powerful and precise language to inform and inspire our audience. From landing pages, white papers and marketing campaigns through to user interface explanations and micro-copy - as well as documentation - the Content Designer cares deeply about the words they use and understands that “words are design” just as much as visuals. 

We value:

• Excellent academic results at school and university
• Bachelor’s or equivalent in User Experience, Design, or STEM
• 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 user research practices
• Engagement with the latest design research and innovation

Content designers should be excellent communicators who are at ease working with a complex mix of engineers, designers and executives. They work in cross-functional working with user research, UX design and product management to solve design problems and weave the Canonical story and that of our products. They should be confident and excited to take on complex design challenges. They should also be able to connect their design leadership to the strategic vision of the company.

What we offer

• An opportunity to shape a company and products
• Influence in the open source community
• An inclusive work environment
• Learning and development
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel