Company culture
We believe that talent is evenly distributed around the world. Diversity is part of our strength. What unifies us isn’t our background, it’s our mission to amplify open source.
We're Canonical
950+
Employees
89
Countries
78
Languages
The future is already here, as open source. Canonical delivers it to the world. We play a critical role in broadening the benefits of open source to more people and more industries than ever before. This means bringing new work opportunities to people regardless of their location too.
Fully distributed
since 2004We're a remote-first international company.
I get to work every day with people from all over the world, which is just amazing.Ken VanDine
Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Desktop
Built on trust
As a remote-first organisation, trust is our currency. At Canonical, you get unprecedented flexibility in how you organise your day and freedom to explore new roles within the company. We trust each other to be organised and effective in a distributed workplace. If you value teamwork and are committed to being a good counterpart to colleagues around the world, you will love working here.
I love the trust and the freedom that exists in our organisation.
Trust and freedom to explore new things. Thibaut Rouffineau
VP of Marketing
Committed
to excellenceWe aspire to lead on the global stage. Most of us are avid students of greatness ‐ we are interested in how the latest technologies work, how the best organisations work and how the smartest teams collaborate. We aim to hold our own in that crowd. We pursue engineering excellence and love to engineer excellence in all aspects of our work. From releasing the world’s most popular Linux reliably to developing our documentation practise.
This is a company where intelligence and learning are highly valued.
Alyson Richens
Customer Success Manager
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Life at Canonical
We are remote but connected. The walls that exist in a co-located environment don’t exist here. Find out how we collaborate and what we value in our fully-distributed team.
Diversity and hiring
We believe that talent is evenly distributed around the world. No matter where you were born, what you look like or how you like to dress. Our commitment to diversity informs our hiring process.
Your career at Canonical can progress in many ways. We celebrate growth in many forms. We encourage team members to find their passion and invest in that.
As a technology company, we know our work and our products have an environmental impact. Optimising our products and operations to minimise our impact is important to us.