We deliver open source to the world faster,  more securely and more cost effectively than any other company.

We're also the publishers of Ubuntu, the world's most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000+ contributors. 
Ubuntu means 'humanity to others'​. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation.

Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers.

Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - this is the future of open source, which is why we're proud to be the developers of the fastest growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

canonical

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring 2025 and 2026 Graduate Software Engineers into engineering teams around the world. As a global platform company we offer a wide range of software engineering challenges, in both open source products and commercial business systems. We have teams that work in a variety of languages, typically Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++, JavaScript and of course... Bash. We work from the very lowest levels of the Linux system - BIOS and boot loaders, firmware, kernel and drivers, all the way up to desktop applications and containers. We work on tiny devices like the Raspberry Pi and new RISC-V boards, all the way up to supercomputers, clouds and Kubernetes clusters. We work on compilers and toolchains, and we work on security, cryptography, performance and documentation. Some of our teams focus on packaging thousands of pieces of software, others focus on deep contributions to a single body of code. If you are excited about the potential that open source has for humanity and the enterprise, you have outstanding results in your academic career, and you are excited to contribute to the open source stack, this is the best way to apply to Canonical. We will work with you to identify teams and projects that would be interesting and a good fit for your skills and motivations. The process is highly competitive, it will require effort and excellence to succeed if you apply here. Most of our engineering teams work from home. We try to align a single team in a single time zone - EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean), and AMER (North, South and Central Americas). Even though you work from home, we try to ensure you always have colleagues alongside to coach and mentor you, and for the companionship of shared problem solving and pair programming. Larger projects have multiple teams and might span the globe. We work with the open source community and specialize in building teams that work well in the 'fishbowl' of open source engineering. This is full time work, five days a week, often solving hard problems with significant responsibility. We don't generally work weekends and nights and we do enjoy good holidays but we also expect productive and intense engagement Monday to Friday. We bring all our engineering teams together in person twice a year for a deep 'sprint' with other teams to stimulate discussion and enable a wide range of career development paths. This is a fantastic way to demonstrate and develop your skill in software, learn about a wide range of technologies, make a meaningful impact to open source, and see some very interesting new cities that you might never otherwise get to visit. If you find the open source stack amazing, and you have been a consistent high-performing student in your school and university, then this will be a challenging and exciting start to your career. Location: This is a Globally remote role. The role entails Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of demanding daily users Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers Responding to customer issues as a priority, develop an understanding of enterprise requirements Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation What we are looking for in you Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses Confidence to get started and deliver high quality code in one of Python, Rust, C/C++, Golang, JavaScript or Java Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results Result-oriented and organized, with the drive to meet commitments Personal projects in technology and software engineering beyond the curriculum Professional written and spoken English Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability Personal responsibility and accountability Thoughtfulness, self-awareness and the ability to reflect and develop Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long Nice-to-have skills Upstream open source contributions Packaging and Linux distribution contributions - Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix or another Leadership and organization skills Presentation and writing skills Business and commercial interests What we offer colleagues We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. 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 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform 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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. 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. #LI-remote

Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1000+ colleagues in 70+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring a senior software engineer to join our Kubernetes product team. As a member of that team, you will build the operators and addons; the former, offering complete lifecycle management of mission-critical components, and the latter, a zero-ops experience for seamlessly integrating projects into your Kubernetes. You will gain familiarity with the latest features in Kubernetes and look to incorporate the best of open-source to bring functionality to our end-users. You will collaborate with industry peers and partners to bring the right solutions to our customers. This is an exciting opportunity for a senior software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Golang, Python and Kubernetes. Location: This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas. What you will focus on Work closely with other leads, assuming joint responsibility for outcomes at the team, department, and company level. Mentor, develop, and advise colleagues on their career progression.&nbsp; Write high-quality code to create new features Debug issues and interact with a vibrant community Collaborate proactively with a distributed team Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events What we are looking for in you You are a Golang developer also fluent in Python You have experience with Kubernetes You have strong written and verbal communication skills You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree You love technology and working with brilliant people What we offer you We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. 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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. 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. #LI-remote

Senior Software Engineer - Python/Golang - Kubernetes

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring multiple positions from early-career engineers to experienced architects focused on the different dimensions of dependable software: cybersecurity, quality, and safety. What does it take to bring the world’s open source software into mission-critical systems? At Canonical, we are driving the engineering discipline needed to build secure, reliable, and high-quality products that our automotive and industrial partners can depend on. Ubuntu is already the world’s most widely used Linux distribution in general; we want to make it the world’s best choice for the automotive and industrial sectors too. We operate at the boundary between upstream open source innovation and the industrial regulatory realities. Our engineers define the concepts, architectures, processes, verification strategies, and certification artifacts to transform a general-purpose platform into a dependable, certifiable foundation for automotive and industrial compute. This is systems-level engineering at scale, requiring precision, rigor, and a deep understanding of how complex software behaves in constrained, regulated environments. We are looking for engineers and architects who combine an open source hacker and builder mindset with respect for rigorous, standards-driven engineering. You will work across Canonical engineering teams and with leading industrial partners, helping to build this capability from the ground up and shaping how open source enters the most demanding technical domains. Location: This is a remote role based in the EMEA region. The role entails Translate automotive and industrial cybersecurity, quality and safety standards into actionable engineering requirements and perform gap analyses against current capabilities. Drive the creation of structured engineering artifacts, including requirements, traceability models, risk analysis, test strategies, and certification documentation. Collaborate with Canonical engineering teams to align development practices with industrial compliance needs. Design, implement, and execute verification and validation activities required to qualify Ubuntu and other components for regulated environments. Develop and improve automation and tooling to scale traceability, testing, compliance evidence generation, and reporting. Engage with industrial partners to understand their expectations, align external expectations and internal capabilities, and support audits and technical reviews. Contribute to the continuous improvement of Canonical’s internal processes and standards capability as the team scales. What we are looking for in you Strong software engineering foundation with experience in developing complex systems on Linux. Professional experience with C, C++, and Python in production environments. Demonstrated experience working within automotive, industrial, or other regulated environments governed by safety, cybersecurity, or quality standards (such as ISO 26262, ISO/SAE 21434, IEC 61508, IEC 62443, SOTIF, or (A)SPICE), and applying them in practice. Experience in system or software architecture, implementation, or verification and validation of complex embedded systems. Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce precise technical documentation. Ability to collaborate effectively in a distributed team and engage with industrial partners. Additional experience that is valuable Contributions to open source projects, particularly in the area of Software Defined Vehicles. Knowledge of Debian packaging. Experience with Rust or safety-critical software development. What we offer colleagues We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. 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 Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform 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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. 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.&nbsp;Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.

Software Engineer, Automotive and Industrial Architecture

<p>Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.</p>
<p>The company is founder led, profitable and growing.</p>
<p>We are hiring <strong>2025 and 2026 Graduate Software Engineers</strong> into engineering teams around the world. As a global platform company we offer a wide range of software engineering challenges, in both open source products and commercial business systems. We have teams that work in a variety of languages, typically Python, Golang, Rust, C/C++, JavaScript and of course... Bash. We work from the very lowest levels of the Linux system - BIOS and boot loaders, firmware, kernel and drivers, all the way up to desktop applications and containers. We work on tiny devices like the Raspberry Pi and new RISC-V boards, all the way up to supercomputers, clouds and Kubernetes clusters. We work on compilers and toolchains, and we work on security, cryptography, performance and documentation. Some of our teams focus on packaging thousands of pieces of software, others focus on deep contributions to a single body of code.</p>
<p>If you are excited about the potential that open source has for humanity and the enterprise, you have outstanding results in your academic career, and you are excited to contribute to the open source stack, this is the best way to apply to Canonical. We will work with you to identify teams and projects that would be interesting and a good fit for your skills and motivations. The process is highly competitive, it will require effort and excellence to succeed if you apply here.</p>
<p>Most of our engineering teams work from home. We try to align a single team in a single time zone - EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa), APAC (Asia Pacific and Indian Ocean), and AMER (North, South and Central Americas). Even though you work from home, we try to ensure you always have colleagues alongside to coach and mentor you, and for the companionship of shared problem solving and pair programming. Larger projects have multiple teams and might span the globe. We work with the open source community and specialize in building teams that work well in the 'fishbowl' of open source engineering. This is full time work, five days a week, often solving hard problems with significant responsibility. We don't generally work weekends and nights and we do enjoy good holidays but we also expect productive and intense engagement Monday to Friday.</p>
<p>We bring all our engineering teams together in person twice a year for a deep 'sprint' with other teams to stimulate discussion and enable a wide range of career development paths. This is a fantastic way to demonstrate and develop your skill in software, learn about a wide range of technologies, make a meaningful impact to open source, and see some very interesting new cities that you might never otherwise get to visit.</p>
<p>If you find the open source stack amazing, and you have been a consistent high-performing student in your school and university, then this will be a challenging and exciting start to your career.</p>
<p><strong>Location: </strong>This is a Globally remote role.</p>
<h3>The role entails</h3>
<ul>
<li>Shaping the roadmap for your product at global sprints every six months</li>
<li>Focusing on design and user experience, even for developer tooling and command line apps</li>
<li>Writing high quality, resilient and performant code, potentially serving millions of demanding daily users</li>
<li>Working towards mastery of key programming languages and Linux system knowledge</li>
<li>Engaging with users and the open source community through code reviews and issue trackers</li>
<li>Responding to customer issues as a priority, develop an understanding of enterprise requirements</li>
<li>Developing skills and awareness of security in software design and implementation</li>
</ul>
<h3>What we are looking for in you</h3>
<ul>
<li>Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university</li>
<li>Undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Business Informatics, Mathematics or another STEM discipline with programming courses</li>
<li>Confidence to get started and deliver high quality code in one of Python, Rust, C/C++, Golang, JavaScript or Java</li>
<li>Experience with Ubuntu or another Linux distribution</li>
<li>Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results</li>
<li>Result-oriented and organized, with the drive to meet commitments</li>
<li>Personal projects in technology and software engineering beyond the curriculum</li>
<li>Professional written and spoken English</li>
<li>Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability</li>
<li>Personal responsibility and accountability</li>
<li>Thoughtfulness, self-awareness and the ability to reflect and develop</li>
<li>Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long</li>
</ul>
<h3>Nice-to-have skills</h3>
<ul>
<li>Upstream open source contributions</li>
<li>Packaging and Linux distribution contributions - Debian, Fedora, Arch, Nix or another</li>
<li>Leadership and organization skills</li>
<li>Presentation and writing skills</li>
<li>Business and commercial interests</li>
</ul>
<h3>What we offer colleagues</h3>
<p>We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.</p>
<ul>
<li>Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person</li>
<li>Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year</li>
<li>Annual compensation review</li>
<li>Recognition rewards</li>
<li>Annual holiday leave</li>
<li>Maternity and paternity leave</li>
<li>Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform</li>
<li>Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues</li>
<li>Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events</li>
</ul>
<h3>About Canonical</h3>
<p>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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.</p>
<h3>Canonical is an equal opportunity employer</h3>
<p>We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. <a href="https://canonical.com/careers/diversity/identity">Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.</a></p>
<p>#LI-remote</p>

<p>With&nbsp;<strong>more than 10 billion pulls</strong>, Canonical's container images are trusted by developers worldwide to build and run software securely and at scale. That trust rests on our commitment to <strong>hardened, production-ready</strong> images.</p>
<p>We are advancing the state of the art with a <strong>new generation of Ubuntu-based container images</strong> we call "rocks": minimal images engineered for performance and usability and backed by long-term security commitments. As a member of the team, you will own the path from upstream source to published image, turning open source software into tested, signed, and continuously maintained artifacts that developers can deploy with confidence.</p>
<p>This is fast-paced, multi-disciplinary software engineering. Because most of the software we package originates from third-party upstreams, you will work across a broad range of container technologies and hundreds of open source projects, often in several programming languages, integrating and maintaining them so they are easy to consume on Ubuntu. Automation is central to the role: you will build the pipelines that package, build, test, and publish images at scale.</p>
<p>Your seniority in this role will reflect your software engineering experience and your ability to mentor and guide more junior colleagues.</p>
<p><strong>Location:</strong> <strong>This role is based in the EMEA region</strong></p>
<h2>This role entails</h2>
<ul>
<li>Build and maintain a growing portfolio of high-quality, hardened container images</li>
<li>Design and operate automated CI/CD pipelines that build, test, scan, sign, publish, promote, and retire images across environments and architectures</li>
<li>Write tooling and tests to assess security compliance and cloud-native compatibility</li>
<li>Work closely with the community and partners to share container expertise and keep our portfolio current with new features, patches, and applications</li>
<li>Collaborate with our product security, platform, infrastructure, and customer-facing teams</li>
<li>Contribute technical input to the team's decision-making</li>
<li>Set the standard for quality, defining image standards that span security, compatibility, performance, size, and developer experience</li>
<li>Grow our knowledge base and write about the work we do</li>
<li>Work in a collaborative, agile, and globally distributed environment</li>
<li>Mentor colleagues and contribute to hiring</li>
<li>Work from home with global travel of up to 15% for internal and external events</li>
</ul>
<h2>What we are looking for in you</h2>
<ul>
<li>Proficiency in Bash and Python</li>
<li>Experience working with CI/CD systems (e.g. GitHub Actions, Jenkins)</li>
<li>Experience building container images</li>
<li>Command of at least one container management or orchestration tool (e.g. Docker, Podman, or Kubernetes)</li>
<li>Hands-on experience with Linux systems, package management, build systems, release engineering, or artifact pipelines</li>
<li>Clear communication and end-to-end ownership, spanning design, review, documentation, operation, and cross-team collaboration</li>
<li>A commitment to sharing knowledge and helping those around you grow</li>
<li>A genuine appetite for learning and for working outside your comfort zone</li>
<li>A Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science, a STEM field, or a similar discipline</li>
<li>An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university</li>
<li>Business level written and spoken English.</li>
<li>Sincere personal motivation aligned with our mission.</li>
<li>International travel 2-4 times a year for company events up to two weeks long.</li>
<li>0-7 years relevant experience.</li>
</ul>
<p>In addition we expect that you will match our values, by being:</p>
<ul>
<li>Precise, taking care to deliver correctness and clarity.</li>
<li>Reliable, delivering high quality work that builds trust and confidence.</li>
<li>Accessible, collaborating to build products and systems that are usable.</li>
<li>Adroit, blending enthusiasm, knowledge, adaptability, style and character.</li>
</ul>
<h2>Nice-to-have skills</h2>
<ul>
<li>A security-oriented maintenance mindset: you can investigate dependency and vulnerability findings, assess their impact, and deliver a safe fix</li>
<li>An understanding of software supply chain security, with some experience generating and consuming artifacts such as SBOMs, signatures, provenance, or CVE reports</li>
<li>Familiarity with GitOps principles and workflows</li>
<li>Familiarity with additional languages such as Go or Rust</li>
<li>Hands-on experience building minimal and distroless container images</li>
<li>Knowledge of the OCI specifications</li>
<li>Familiarity with security or compliance frameworks such as CIS, NIST, FedRAMP, or DISA STIG</li>
<li>Evidence of contributions to open source projects</li>
<li>A passion for embedding security across all stages of the engineering lifecycle (DevSecOps), and an interest in using AI or agentic development responsibly and safely</li>
<li>Relevant Linux, container, or cloud-native certifications (such as CKS or DCA) are welcome</li>
</ul>
<p>If your experience is close but does not match every requirement, we encourage you to apply. We value transferable experience from Linux packaging, release engineering, build systems, platform engineering, and open-source maintenance.</p>
<h2>What we offer colleagues</h2>
<p>We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.</p>
<ul>
<li>Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person</li>
<li>Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year</li>
<li>Bi-annual compensation review</li>
<li>Company recognition rewards</li>
<li>40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods</li>
<li>Maternity and paternity leave</li>
<li>Team Member Assistance Program &amp; Wellness Platform</li>
<li>Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with Priority Pass for lounge access</li>
</ul>
<h2>About Canonical</h2>
<p>Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. We are founder-led, profitable, and growing.</p>
<p>Powered by worldwide distributed collaboration since our inception in 2004, we believe tech and business leadership can emerge anywhere. We have no central headquarters. Most of us work from home, but we are exceptionally disciplined about this. We have very high expectations of all colleagues, and are champions of excellence. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.</p>
<h3>Canonical is an equal opportunity employer</h3>
<p>We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. <a href="https://canonical.com/careers/diversity/identity">Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration</a>.</p>

Software Engineer - Secure Container Images

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring an Engineering Director, who strives for taking ownership of the development and operations of internal business systems integrations, a full data mesh solution built on top of leading open-source software, and the configuration of Salesforce, NetSuite, and other internal business systems. A successful candidate has a track record of leading the configuration, development and integrations of business systems, such as Salesforce or NetSuite, and data engineering/governance solutions. Such a candidate adheres to high engineering quality standards, and continuously develops their skills as well as skills of their direct reports. This is an exciting opportunity to work with highly enthusiastic people on exciting innovative engineering solutions supporting Canonical's growth and learn a lot about engineering for the business. The engineering director will lead the Business Data unit that is conceived as three engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and data analytics and reporting. We are looking for a software engineering director to oversee the three software teams led by software engineering managers. The Business Systems team is responsible for systems such as NetSuite, Salesforce, and several others. The engineers work closely with operations teams, implement business processes, and keep the systems compliant, while delivering first class experience to Canonical employees using those systems to get their job done. The Data Lake team is responsible for building a comprehensive data mesh solution with a secure and well-governed access to data sets originating at many internal and external data sources. The team works with well-known open-source tools such as Trino, Ranger, and Superset, and develops tooling facilitating data governance processes. The Integrations team is responsible for the integrations between internal and external systems used at Canonical and onboarding of new data sources to the data mesh. The team designs, develops, and operates Python workflows leveraging an open-source workflow orchestration engine Temporal. The team also integrates internal and external data sources into the data mesh using open-source ETL solution Airbyte, enabling more data driven decisions in the organization. Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. The role entails Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors Developing your engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture in their teams Developing and evangelize great engineering practices and processes in the teams Setting and implementing solid performance management with performance goals and objectives with your direct reports and teams Identifying and measuring indicators of team health, and take action where needed Being accountable for the product development roadmaps in the teams Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team, collaborating with other leaders Expanding your teams by hiring great talent Collaborating with stakeholders and product users What we are looking for in you Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path Proven ability to drive multiple teams or large teams of software engineers to deliver outstanding results Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: CRM/ERP systems, Python, data engineering/governance, or distributed integrations Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long Nice-to-have skills Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience Experience with compliance What we offer colleagues We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. 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 Program 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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. 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. #LI-remote

Engineering Director - Business Data

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring an Engineering Director, who strives for taking ownership of the development and operations of internal software products serving Canonical business and a popular security solution Livepatch. A successful candidate has a track record of delivering full-stack software services, adheres to high engineering quality standards, and continuously develops their skills as well as skills of their direct reports. This is an exciting opportunity to work with highly enthusiastic people on exciting innovative engineering solutions supporting Canonical's growth and learn a lot about engineering for the business. The engineering director will lead the Commercial Systems unit that is conceived as three engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business. We are looking for a software engineering director to oversee the three software teams led by software engineering managers. The Billing team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that provides a standardized and scalable capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, enable customers to see their current spend with Canonical at any time, and ensure accurate, reliable, and timely billing. The service further integrates with other engineering, business and payment systems. The Contracts team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers. The service provides a standardized CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format. The service further integrates with other engineering and business systems including a CRM system and an accounting system. The Livepatch team designs and develops a service for the delivery of Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high severity Linux kernel vulnerabilities, by patching the Linux kernel between security maintenance windows, while the system runs. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based client and backend components, while another Canonical team, the Kernel team, develops the security patches. Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. The role entails Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors Developing your engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture in their teams Developing and evangelize great engineering practices and processes in the teams Setting and implementing solid performance management with performance goals and objectives with your direct reports and teams Identifying and measuring indicators of team health, and take action where needed Being accountable for the product development roadmaps in the teams Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team, collaborating with other leaders Expanding your teams by hiring great talent Collaborating with stakeholders and product users What we are looking for in you Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path Proven ability to drive multiple teams or large teams of software engineers to deliver outstanding results Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: Golang, Python, Java, or distributed integrations Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long Nice-to-have skills Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles What we offer colleagues We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. 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 Program 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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. 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. #LI-remote

Engineering Director - Commercial Systems

Canonical is a global software company that publishes Ubuntu and open-source enterprise solutions for cloud, developer, IoT and AI. Ubuntu is the fastest growing Linux distribution and ranks as the number #1 OS&nbsp; in the cloud. In partnership with Google, Amazon, IBM and Microsoft, Canonical helps companies become more agile, productive and adopt new technologies faster. Examples of customer success include&nbsp; AI, Blockchain, IoT, Advanced Robotics and self-driving cars, where Ubuntu is the preferred development platform. The role of a Sales Development Representative at Canonical Canonical is profitable and growing. We consider our sales development organization to be the best technology sales academy in the market, and as such, we select exceptional and ambitious candidates to join our team. You will enjoy this role if you are organized, persistent, charismatic, and hard-working. You will need to be interested in tech and its business implications. In this role, you will collaborate with a regional sales and marketing team, and your primary objective is to find customer projects that fit our product lines and spread the good name of Canonical across multiple different industries and geographies. Click HERE&nbsp; to watch our SDR team discuss their role in Canonical What your day will look like Handle inbound customer inquiries across email, phone and chat Execute outbound sales &amp; marketing campaigns Travel to events and conferences worldwide, presenting on booths and driving face-to-face marketing and sales opportunities Collaborate across multiple teams and senior stakeholders to drive results&nbsp; Work directly with marketing on campaigns Research information about prospective customers Generate a multi-million pound pipeline Identify prospects and market trends Help define the processes and policies for the team Liaise with new and existing customers, setting up and attending meetings whilst actively mapping accounts to identify new opportunities Accurately create, update, maintain and nurture leads on global opportunities What we are looking for in you Excellent academic results at school and university Passion for business and technology Commitment to continuous learning and improvement - curious, flexible, scientific Creative problem solving and cross team collaboration Verbal and written communication skills Result driven with an over-achiever spirit Persistence &amp; perseverance What we offer you Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.&nbsp;&nbsp; In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, please ask your Talent Partner. Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per year Annual compensation review Recognition rewards Annual holiday leave Parental Leave Employee Assistance Programme Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’ Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events 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. &nbsp; #LI-remote&nbsp;

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