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Open source is transforming the entire stack. This is your chance to be right at the center of that revolution, to shape the platforms and tools that millions use to invent our global technology future. From bare metal to cloud to high performance computing, from AI and big data to the web and connected devices, open source is the key ingredient for success. Canonical offers the opportunity to work across the entire spectrum.

We publish Ubuntu, the leanest and most efficient open source platform. We care about developer access to the very best of open source, and make it easy to innovate and publish on the cloud, on the desktop, and on smart connected devices for the internet of things. We work across the full range of open source - from the kernel, to applications, from deep system services to the GUI and the web. We care about security, correctness, reliability, performance and efficiency. If you share those values and you have a track record of exceptional software development, this is the place for you.

With the flexibility to work from anywhere in the world as long as you are an outstanding and reliable team member, Canonical offers engineering career paths that include technical mastery, leadership, or management. We don’t prescribe your journey - explore different kinds of career development and choose the path that suits you best. We do expect world-leading software quality and personal dedication to the challenges you take on.

Engineering at Canonical ranges from deep single-product specialization, to diverse customer-centric field integration, delivery and development, and high-pressure rapid-response to critical situations in our techops team. The right career for you will depend on your interests and aptitudes. If you love the idea of travel and seeing the world, our field engineers work on-site with the world’s best companies to transform their open infrastructure. If you love saving the day, our techops teams fight fires shoulder to shoulder, from security incident response to deep problem analysis and repair. If you love operations, we take a code-first approach to infrastructure and application operations that is raising the bar for the entire industry.

We see all of these as engineering roles and we encourage people to build a career that spans diverse aspects of software development and operations. Regardless of your starting point, you have the option to progress in any of those roles, or to gain experience in management or technical leadership.

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  • Home based - EMEA

    Ceph and software-defined storage product manager ›

    Lead Canonical Ceph architecture and product definition, and drive Ubuntu filesystems as part of Canonical software defined storage offerings.

  • Home based - Worldwide

    Community Operations ›

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  • Office Based - Boston, MA, USA

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  • Office Based - Sao Paulo, Brazil

    DevOps Engineering Manager, São Paulo, Brazil ›

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  • Home based - EMEA

    Embedded Linux Engineer ›

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  • Home Based - Americas

    Embedded Linux Engineer ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Engineering Director - Community ›

    Lead community engagement and strategy for Ubuntu and other open source software projects.

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    Engineering Director - Performance ›

    Lead performance engineering strategy and practice for Ubuntu and many other open source software products.

  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Engineering Director - Quality ›

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  • Home Based - Americas

    Engineering Manager - Cloud Images ›

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    Field Software Engineer - EMEA ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Kubernetes Engineering Manager ›

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  • Home based - EMEA

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  • Home Based - Americas

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  • Office Based - Taipei, Taiwan

    Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager ›

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  • Office Based - Taipei, Taiwan

    Linux Kernel Engineer ›

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  • Home Based - APAC

    Linux Kernel Engineer ›

    Work at the heart of Ubuntu, collaborating with Canonical’s hardware partners to deliver high-quality support at a kernel and near-kernel level.

  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Linux Kernel Engineer ›

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  • Home Based - Americas

    Partner Engineer - Server Commercial Engineering ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Public Cloud Field Engineer ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Real-time Linux Kernel Engineer ›

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  • Home based - Worldwide

    Security Engineer - Ubuntu ›

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  • Home based - EMEA

    Senior IoT Systems Engineer ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Senior Software Engineer - Data Platform ›

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  • Home based - Worldwide

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  • Home based - EMEA

    Senior Software Engineer - Launchpad ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Senior Software Engineer - Ubuntu ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Senior Software Engineer - Web Services (Remote) ›

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    Software Engineer, Ceph & Distributed Storage ›

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  • Home Based - Americas

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

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  • Home based - Worldwide

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  • Home based - Worldwide

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    Software Engineering Lead - Fast Track ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineering Manager - Fast Track ›

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  • Home based - Worldwide

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  • Home Based - Americas

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Operator Engineering ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Python Operations Automation Framework ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Python Operator Engineering ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Telco ›

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  • Home based - EMEA

    Software Engineer - Telco - Open Source MANO ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Ubuntu ›

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  • Office Based - Taipei, Taiwan

    Software Engineer, Ubuntu Commercial Computers ›

    Bring high-quality Ubuntu certified devices directly to millions of users with the world leading OEM partners.

  • Office Based - Beijing, China

    Software Engineer, Ubuntu Commercial Computers ›

    Bring high-quality Ubuntu certified devices directly to millions of users with the world leading OEM partners.

  • Home based - EMEA

    Software Engineer - Ubuntu Core ›

    Design and develop Ubuntu Core - our fully containerised secure embedded Linux for ultra-reliable devices.

  • Home Based - Americas

    Software Engineer - Ubuntu Server ›

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  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Software Engineer - Ubuntu Server for Public Cloud ›

    Working at the heart of Ubuntu, you will work on every aspect of the most widespread Linux server distribution on the planet. Work with our experienced team, learning and growing alongside the best engineers in the business.

  • Office Based - Taipei, Taiwan

    Software Quality Assurance Engineer - Linux, PC, IoT ›

    Raise the global standard for Linux quality on Ubuntu certified machines like PCs and IoT devices as part of a world-class team.

  • Home Based - Americas

    Systems Engineer - Cloud - Americas ›

    Help customers architect and implement our solutions - private cloud, public cloud, kubernetes, storage, big data and cloud applications.

  • Home Based - APAC

    Systems Engineer - Cloud - APAC ›

    Help customers architect and implement our solutions - private cloud, public cloud, kubernetes, storage, big data and cloud applications.

  • Home based - Worldwide

    Ubuntu Desktop Software Engineer ›

  • Home based - Worldwide

    Ubuntu on WSL Developer Advocate ›

    Shape next generation cross-platform developer experiences

  • Home based - Americas, EMEA

    Ubuntu Server Engineering Manager ›

    Lead a team delivering the flagship Ubuntu Server distribution, the most widely used Linux on cloud and metal.

  • Home based - EMEA

    Ubuntu Server Product Manager ›

    Lead Canonical strategy, roadmap and commercial offerings for Ubuntu Server.