Company Overview
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.
Job Overview
We are hiring a Software Maintenance Engineer to…
…work in a dynamic and exciting engineering role in Linux‑based infrastructure and applications, covering all layers of the stack, including bare metal, virtualization (KVM), containerization (Docker/LXC/LXD), storage (Ceph and Linux filesystems), networking (OVS, OVN and Core networking), OpenStack, Kubernetes and the open source applications running on top of them. It will challenge you to show the breadth of your engineering skills, which will be needed to work on almost any aspect of Ubuntu and the open source applications large enterprise customers run.
This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and open source to build a career with Canonical and drive success for our customers, community and the company. If you have an affinity for open source software, great communication skills, and a passion for troubleshooting and fixing issues in technology used by millions across the world, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require upstream bug fixes. Our engineers are able to work productively at any level of the stack including the kernel and in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our customers, partners and Ubuntu itself.
You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and bug fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.
Location:
This is a remote role, we have teams in all time zones.
Responsibilities
Resolve complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, Kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
Maintain a close working relationship with Canonical’s Field, Support and product engineering teams
Participate in upstream communities
Develop bug fixes, backport patches, and work with upstream for inclusion
Review code produced by other engineers
Demonstrate good judgment in technical methods and techniques
Prioritize work and manage your time effectively against those priorities
Participate in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
Maintain clear, technical and concise communications
Work from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences
What we are looking for in you
An exceptional academic track record
Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
Experience with Linux and open source software
Experience with at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ on Linux
A drive to learn unfamiliar technology and deep‑dive difficult issues
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice‑to‑have skills
You love technology and working with brilliant people
You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
You have interest in, or willingness to learn about any of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems
What we offer colleagues
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 & 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 our 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.
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A leading open source software provider is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the MAAS team. The successful candidate will have a solid background in software development using Python or Golang and experience in Linux system administration. This remote role involves leading a distributed team, mentoring engineers, and collaborating across various engineering teams. Canonical offers a distributed work environment, personal learning budgets, and opportunities for international travel to enhance collaboration and professional growth. #J-18808-Ljbffr
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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is 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.
Engineering Manager – MAAS Team
We are hiring an
Engineering Manager
as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS (“Metal as a Service”) is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare‑metal infrastructure, putting a cloud‑style on‑demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration and storage. The role requires high‑quality software development experience and high‑performance team leadership, with deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage and data center networking.
Role Summary
The Canonical MAAS team is responsible for delivering our Metal As A Service hyperscale provisioning technology. Ubuntu strives to be the most scalable, cloud‑ready server distribution and MAAS is our platform to get Ubuntu on bare metal servers. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go. Its components span the entire software stack: from low‑level hardware detection and provisioning to the upper level management web interface, API and CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent in all these layers, and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.
Key Responsibilities
Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (Americas, EMEA, etc.)
Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback and career planning
Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management and external stakeholders
Advocate modern software development practices
Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
Engage with broader teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners
Travel to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year
Collaborate across engineering with teams responsible for cloud‑init, LXD and our public cloud offerings
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
Exceptional academic track record
Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang or similar languages
Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and Kubernetes
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Ability to mentor, develop and support team members
Result‑oriented, with personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Preferred Skills
Experience with TypeScript using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue
Data Center infrastructure management and design
What We Offer
Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – we have been working remotely since 2004!
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 of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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Engineering Manager, MAAS
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as 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 hiring an
Engineering Manager
for the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS (“Metal as a Service”) is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare-metal infrastructure, putting a cloud-style on-demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage.
Canonical MAAS team delivers Metal As A Service technology. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go, spanning hardware detection, provisioning, web interface, API, and CLI. Engineers fluent in all layers anticipate design consequences elsewhere in a complex distributed system.
Responsibilities
Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone.
Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career planning.
Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
Advocate and advance modern software development practices.
Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural reviews.
Engage with broader teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partners.
Travel to internal and external global events 4–6 weeks per year.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field.
High academic track record from high school through university.
Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang, or similar languages.
Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers, and K8S.
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
Excellent written and spoken English with presentation skills.
Experience with agile software development methodologies.
Ability to mentor, develop, and support team members.
Result‑oriented, personally driven to meet commitments.
Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks.
Preferred (Nice‑to‑have)
Experience with modern web front‑end frameworks (React, Angular, Svelte, Vue).
Data center infrastructure management and design expertise.
Benefits and Compensation
Distributed work environment; remote from 2004, with twice‑yearly in‑person sprints.
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
Annual compensation review and performance‑driven bonus or commission.
Recognition rewards, and annual holiday leave.
Maternity and paternity leave.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.
Location
Work‑from‑anywhere: EMEA or the Americas.
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, we set high standards for people and products. We recruit on a global basis and expect excellence.
Equal Opportunity Employer
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.
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Join a leading cloud tech team as a remote Software Engineer. Focus on resolving complex customer issues with Ubuntu, OpenStack, and Kubernetes while collaborating with support and engineering teams.
As a Software Engineer in Sustaining Engineering, you will tackle critical software issues to enhance open source solutions. This role involves troubleshooting, developing fixes, and executing upstream patches for our global clientele. You will engage with upstream communities and maintain effective communication with stakeholders to drive resolutions and support success.
Key Responsibilities:
• Resolve complex problems related to open source software
• Collaborate with product engineering and support teams
• Develop and backport patches for upstream inclusion
• Review and provide feedback on code from peers
• Participate in discussions for process improvement
Requirements:
• Professional experience as a software engineer required
• Strong experience with Linux, OpenStack, and Kubernetes
• Proficient in Python, Go, C, or C++ on Linux
• Familiar with git repositories and troubleshooting tools
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year
Contribute your technical expertise to enhance our software stack while collaborating with a dynamic, talented global team.
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A leading software technology company is seeking a passionate software engineer to develop and maintain Ubuntu-based container images. This role involves working on CI/CD automation and ensuring high-quality deployments while engaging with the open-source community. Candidates should have strong Go programming skills, experience with container technologies like Docker and Kubernetes, and a collaborative mindset. Join a remote-first team and enhance your career in a dynamic environment with growth opportunities. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is 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 Manager as we expand the MAAS team . Our mission with MAAS ("Metal as a Service") is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare-metal infrastructure, putting a cloud-style on-demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. We are hiring engineering managers with experience in high-quality software development and high-performance team leadership who also have deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage and data center networking capabilities.
The Canonical MAAS team is responsible for delivering our Metal As A Service (MAAS) hyperscale provisioning technology. Ubuntu strives to be the most scalable, cloud ready server distribution and MAAS is our platform to get Ubuntu on bare metal servers. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go. Its components span the entire software stack: from low-level hardware detection and provisioning, to the upper level management web interface, API, and CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent in all these layers, and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.
Canonical is seeking passionate technical leaders who are eager to drive innovation in one of Canonical's flagship data center products. You will play a key role in reshaping the future of data center technology through open source management platforms. MAAS aims to revolutionize data center management at scale starting from day zero deployment to long term data center expansion and maintenance.
Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop engineers, positively influence team and company culture, facilitate technical delivery, and guide strategy and execution. In addition to these responsibilities, you will be expected to collaborate across engineering. The MAAS team regularly interfaces with teams responsible for cloud-init, LXD, and our public cloud offerings.
The successful candidate will have technical leadership attributes and can demonstrate the ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems.
Location : This is a work-from-anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.
What we are looking for in you
Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) and a background in Computer Science
Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang, or similar languages
Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and K8S
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Ability to mentor, develop, and support team members
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
Typescript using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue
Data Center infrastructure management and design
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 recognise 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 - we\'ve been working remotely since 2004!
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 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.
#J-18808-Ljbffr
A leading open source software company is looking for an Engineering Manager to expand the MAAS team. This role entails leading high-performance teams, delivering software solutions, and reshaping data center technologies. Candidates must have a background in Python, Golang, and Linux system administration, along with attributes to mentor and develop team members. The position supports a work-from-anywhere environment and encourages international collaboration, with compensation shaped by geography and performance. #J-18808-Ljbffr
Overview
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is 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 a Software Engineer, Sustaining Engineering
for ...
Location : This is a globally remote role.
This role deals with critical issues in the open source stack that require software engineering for upstream fixes. Our engineers have to be able to work productively at any level of the stack above the kernel, in a wide range of languages, to understand and address the software issues at hand. Our group is critical to the success of our enterprise customers, partners and Ubuntu itself. You will help with troubleshooting and driving issues to resolution with workarounds, guidance, and fixes to be released upstream and in Ubuntu.
This role entails
Responsibilities
Resolving complex customer problems related to Ubuntu, OpenStack, or Kubernetes and other open source software
Maintaining a close working relationship with Canonical\'s field, support and product engineering teams
Participating in upstream communities
Developing fixes, backporting patches, and working with upstream for inclusion
Reviewing code produced by other engineers
Demonstrating good judgement in technical methods and techniques
Prioritizing work and managing your time effectively against those priorities
Participating in team discussions to improve processes, tools, and documentation
Maintaining clear, technical and concise communications
Working from home and travel internationally up to 10% of work time for team meetings, events and conferences
What we are looking for in you
Professional experience as a software engineer
Background in Computer Science, STEM or similar
Strong experience with Linux, OpenStack, Kubernetes or other cloud technologies
Strong development-level experience with Python, Go, C, C++ on Linux
Ability to troubleshoot with gdb and other tools
Familiarity with git source code repositories and branches
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
Nice-to-have skills
You love technology and working with brilliant people
You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
You have interest in, and experience with most of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Python, Go, C, Postgresql, Mongo, Debian packaging, distributed systems
What we offer colleagues
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we\'ve been working remotely since 2004!
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 from your team and others
Priority Pass for travel 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 our 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.
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A leading open source software company is seeking open-source enthusiasts to optimize Linux technologies for new silicon. Responsibilities include working collaboratively in a distributed team, contributing to Ubuntu's future, and interacting with global partners. Strong skills in C, C++, and Python are essential. This role is remote with occasional global travel for team meetings. The company values diversity and offers a dynamic work environment supporting personal growth and development. #J-18808-Ljbffr
