Location: Home Based - APAC; Home based - EMEA
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 a
GitOps Engineering Manager
aspiring for a world-class devops and gitops engineering management challenge, bringing together operations management, software engineering and product development, and team leadership in a single high-value role. You will need to be a Linux and operations expert, as well as a great manager capable of leading a high-performance team, to excel in this role.
Our mission is to pioneer and prove new and better approaches to large-scale IS. We support Canonical and Ubuntu operations, but we also help shape Canonical's managed application service offerings, raising the bar on devops and cloud-native operations. We take infra-as-code to the next level, blazing a trail to next-generation model-driven operations. We not only aim to automate every process that underpins our business, we also share that automation as open source packages which others use to drive their own operations.
We work across the full stack, from bare metal to Kubernetes, including cloud and virtualisation. We also work across the full range of infrastructure, from public cloud to private cloud and edge.
We have fully distributed, home-based teams in EMEA, APAC and the Americas. You will lead a team in your time zone, and report to a global director who may not be in your time zone.
Location
: This role will be based remotely in the APAC and EMEA region.
The role entails
Lead your team in daily agile devops practices
Represent the IS team to stakeholders, customers, and internal teams
Organize, coordinate and drive internal projects
Mentor engineers to improve their skills
Identify and measure team health indicators
Implement structured engineering and operations processes
Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner
What we are looking for in you
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Proven experience of software delivery using infrastructure as code
Proven experience managing devops teams for SAAS or similar offerings
Understanding of testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Nice-to-have skills
Experience with Ubuntu system administration
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience working in and managing distributed teams
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
Location: Home Based - APAC; Home based - EMEA
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 a
Site Reliability Engineering Manager
aspiring for a world-class devops and gitops engineering management challenge, bringing together operations management, software engineering and product development, and team leadership in a single high-value role. You will need to be a Linux and operations expert, as well as a great manager capable of leading a high-performance team, to excel in this role.
The Information Systems team at Canonical runs services used by over 60 million Ubuntu users. Our mission is to pioneer and prove new and better approaches to large-scale IS. We support Canonical and Ubuntu operations, but we also help shape Canonical's managed application service offerings, raising the bar on devops and cloud-native operations. We take infra-as-code to the next level, blazing a trail to next-generation model-driven operations. We not only aim to automate every process that underpins our business, we also share that automation as open source packages which others use to drive their own operations. From Kubernetes to the kernel and everything in-between, you will be working with the latest technologies in a fast-paced engineering environment.
We have fully distributed, home-based teams in EMEA, APAC and the Americas. You will lead a team in your time zone, and report to a global director who may not be in your time zone.
Location
: This role will be based remotely in the APAC and EMEA region.
The role entails
Lead your team in daily agile devops practices
Represent the IS team to stakeholders, customers, and internal teams
Organize, coordinate and drive internal projects
Mentor engineers to improve their skills
Identify and measure team health indicators
Implement structured engineering and operations processes
Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner
What we are looking for in you
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Proven experience of software delivery using infrastructure as code
Proven experience managing devops teams for SAAS or similar offerings
Understanding of testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Nice-to-have skills
Experience with Ubuntu system administration
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience working in and managing distributed teams
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
Location: Limassol; Athens; Nicosia; Fully Remote - in other eligible locations; Thessaloniki
Workplace: hybrid
The Role:
We are looking for high-calibre and experienced IT professionals to join our Technical Project Management team. As a Technical Project Manager, you will be a critical part of the Technical Project Management team.
The role involves close coordination with multiple tech teams, business, and key stakeholders, to deliver the change. Ideally you will have experience of successfully delivering technical and/or IT infrastructure projects within agreed time and scope. You will be a self starter and respond well in high pressure environments whilst remaining focussed on project delivery.
This is an exciting time for new joiners, with many opportunities to make their mark on the business and accelerate their personal and professional growth.
The main responsibilities of the position include:
Deliver multiple technical and/or IT infrastructure projects of varying complexity and size
Manage all technical stakeholders and maintain strong professional relationships
Understand the technology landscape
Work with Technology, Business and Operations stakeholders to define project scope, roadmap and milestones aligned to delivery strategy
Actively manage technical risks and technical opportunities
Organise, run, and facilitate ceremonies with technical teams
Conceptualise key technical principles, aims and objectives to map the impact on current systems, processes, applications, and tools
Organise technical meetings, peer reviews with the project team and other technical stakeholders and experts to perform the solution technical validation
Ensure that technical project reporting is up to date and well communicated to stakeholders
Produce well defined technical delivery plans that outline key project activities, their sequence and delivery timelines
Ensure collaboration across operations and technology groups to agree on optimum technical solutions aligned to the technical strategy
Apply knowledge of project delivery methodologies to engineer bespoke approaches for the teams you work with
Engage with engineering teams to plan the release scope in the context of the release plan
Collaborate with other Project Managers to ensure the outstanding implementation of Project Management (PM) processes and the delivery of Technical and/or IT infrastructure Projects in time and scope
Main requirements:
BSc/MSc in computer science, engineering, or in a related field
Minimum 1 year experience in a similar position
Working knowledge with Agile / Scrum / Waterfall methodologies and Project Management Tools/Reporting Practices (Jira, MS Project)
Wider focus on identifying process deficiencies, suggesting and bringing about improvements based on own knowledge and experience
Strong written and verbal communication skills to coordinate with team members, stakeholders, and management and ability to clearly explain technical issues
Strong organisational, critical thinking, and analytical/problem-solving skills
Result driven, with ability to prioritise work effectively and overcome any issues that may
occur during project life cycle
Team player with excellent interpersonal skills, ability to obtain stakeholders’ buy-in and cooperation across
Strong leadership skills, self-motivated
The following will be considered an advantage:
PMP/Prince II or/and Agile/Scrum certifications
Experience and knowledge of engineering, programming, or technical professional experience
Experience and knowledge of different infrastructure tools, platforms and technical process models and documentation
Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, devops and system engineer practices
Knowledge of databases concepts
Experience in financial industry
Benefit from:
Attractive remuneration package plus performance related reward
Private health insurance
Corporate pension fund
Intellectually stimulating work environment
Continuous personal development and international training opportunities
The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You
Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
Final Connection – Final Interview
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!
By submitting this application, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of the Privacy and Data Protection Notice and the Confidentiality Undertaking.
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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.
This is a general selection track for teams that focus on back-end REST API microservices engineering in Go and Python. It covers all levels of seniority. Apply here if you are already an outstanding engineer with crisp and well-articulated views on APIs, microservice design, engineering processes and DevOps.
Our services need to scale to handle millions of Ubuntu clients, and collaboration across thousands of community members. They are also central to the health of critical infrastructure across the globe. As Ubuntu has been embraced by mainstream enterprise computing through the adoption of cloud and developer-centric tech strategy, the quality of these services has become more important to customers and users.
While Ubuntu has been enormously successful and in many senses leads the industry, we think we can substantially improve our practices, quality and performance in the web services domain. We are growing our teams, and in doing so we aim to level up our insights on scalability, performance, resilience and DevOps practices.
Key areas of interest for us are:
API design, documentation, and governance
Database performance design considerations and skills
Multi-region service delivery for resilience and performance
Fuzzing and other proactive security analysis techniques
Tracing and profiling for distributed systems insights
Next-generation DevOps practices
Location
: we have microservices teams with open roles in every time zone.
What your day will look like
Write high-quality, well-designed, and robust software that works at scale
Design APIs and software architecture for collegial review
Write tests that validate software behaviour
Build and maintain reliable, fault-tolerant applications and services
Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed team
Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
Debug issues and produce high-quality solutions to resolve them
Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
Discuss, contribute to, and collaborate across teams at Canonical
Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
What we are looking for in you
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
Proficiency in Python and / or Go
History of writing modern, maintainable software
Experience with relational and non-relational database systems
Continuous integration and continuous delivery experience
Experience with systems programming or scalable web services
Professional written and spoken English
Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Additional skills that you might also bring
Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes
Understanding of build systems and toolchains
Experience with cross-compilation
Experience with hyperscale public clouds and / or private clouds
Experience with designing, building, and running distributed systems
Performance engineering and security experience
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 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.
#LI-remote
Location: Metn, Lebanon
The Company
Toters is an on-demand e-commerce and delivery platform and operates a service that enables customers to get anything in their city at the highest level of convenience.
At Toters, technology is at the heart of everything we do. We have product teams that are working hard every day to create products that make our customers' lives easier. Our engineers are also continuously creating solutions to make our processes more efficient, all in an effort to get to our customers fast and at the best cost. If you are interested in working in a high growth startup environment, and look to be part of a team that will potentially change the way customers shop in the Middle East, apply now.
About the Role
We are looking for a
Senior Site Reliability Engineer
who will play a critical role in ensuring high availability, performance, and resilience across our production systems. You will be at the heart of operational excellence, leading high-impact incident responses, building proactive monitoring systems, and engineering automation that prevents outages before they happen. If you love solving complex distributed system challenges and thrive in high-pressure environments, this role is for you.
Key Responsibilities
Incident Management & Reliability
Act as
Incident Commander
during major outages, leading real-time diagnosis, communication, and recovery.
Own and improve the end-to-end
incident management lifecycle
, including post-incident reviews and action plans.
Drive
root cause analysis
and proactive reliability improvements to prevent recurrence.
Monitoring & Observability
Design and maintain
metrics, alerts, and dashboards
using
Prometheus
,
Grafana
, and
New Relic
.
Implement
SLIs/SLOs
to monitor service health and drive availability targets (99.99%+ uptime).
Integrate
log management
and
distributed tracing
with tools like
ELK Stack
and
AWS X-Ray
.
Automation & Tooling
Develop
automation scripts
and internal tooling in
Python or Node.js
to reduce manual ops and accelerate recovery (MTTR improvement).
Build self-healing infrastructure using
IaC
and
automation pipelines
.
Optimize on-call workflows, escalation policies, and runbooks using
PagerDuty
.
Cloud Infrastructure
Operate and improve infrastructure hosted on
AWS
, ensuring reliability, cost efficiency, and scalability.
Collaborate with backend and platform teams to embed
SRE best practices
across engineering.
Key Qualifications
4+ years of experience in
Site Reliability Engineering, DevOps, or Platform Engineering
.
Proven success managing
production incidents
and participating in
on-call rotations
.
Strong hands-on experience with
Prometheus, Grafana
, and
PagerDuty
.
Proficient in
Python or Node.js
for automation and tooling.
Experience with
AWS services
(EC2, CloudWatch, ECS/Lambda, IAM, etc.).
Solid understanding of
Linux systems, networking, and CI/CD pipelines
.
Nice to Have
Experience as
Incident Commander
in mission-critical environments.
Knowledge of
New Relic
,
Sentry
,
ELK Stack
, or
Datadog
.
Background implementing
SLIs/SLOs/Error Budgets
(Google SRE model).
Familiarity with
Docker, Kubernetes, Terraform, or Ansible
.
Certifications such as:
AWS Solutions Architect Associate/DevOps Engineer
ITIL Foundation
or relevant reliability certifications.
Location: Home Based - Americas; Home based - EMEA
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 a Software Engineer to work on Linux, cloud infrastructure, pipelines and automation, and open source software.
You will work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to make Ubuntu the best platform there is in the clouds. Your time will be split between build system development (using Python, Jenkins and shell), implementation of cloud-related features within Ubuntu Server itself, operation of our continuous delivery pipelines, and direct partner engagement. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VM’s and containers, and integrate our products with cloud native services.
Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company. As a part of our team, you will combine software development skills with software and infrastructure delivery experience.
What the role entails
Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
Design, build and integrate new features and enhancements into Ubuntu that will support users of Ubuntu in public clouds
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
Write high quality code to create new features
Design and architect complex new systems and integrations with the clouds
Debug issues and produce high quality code to fix them
Review code produced by other engineers and participate in design discussions
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
What we are looking for in you
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 a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
You have practical experience with public clouds
You have interest and experience with at least 3 of the following: containers (docker, kubernetes, etc.), devops automation, open source projects, APIs, Linux systems administration, Python packaging, cloud-based applications
at least experience in Python software development on Linux
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. 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
Location: Limassol; Nicosia; Athens; Thessaloniki; Fully Remote - in other eligible locations
Workplace: hybrid
The Role:
As our Senior Platform Engineer, you will join a team who strive to push cloud services to the maximum limit every day using cutting-edge technologies. If you are a highly self-motivated professional who embraces DevOps culture, has experience with AWS services and technologies and is passionate about learning, automating, innovating and working in a highly collaborative environment, we'd like to hear from you!
The main responsibilities of the position include:
Initiate and actively drive the adoption of good patterns, structures and use of technologies for development and operations
Investigate and identify practices and work that can benefit from automation
Monitor and suggest improvements to the existing CI/CD process to increase speed, safety and reliability
Implement and coordinate implementation with the parties involved
Develop and maintain existing /GitLab CI pipeline libraries
Assist developers with setting up CI/CD for their projects and provide support for any issues that may arise
Stay up to date with the latest tools and trends in the industry
Provide senior-level, best practice recommendations and implementations to our Windows, Linux and Kubernetes hosting environments
Function as a mentor to junior team members, providing technical guidance and recommending continued learning opportunities to help them develop
Educate fellow team members as well as Application Development Teams about the platforms used-for and hosted-by our team. Key tools and concepts in this space are: Gitlab, Docker, AWS, Terraform, Istio Service Mesh, Kubernetes , Kafka, ELK
Work with our Security team to remediate high-risk vulnerabilities and ensure the security of our environments are being scrutinised as appropriate for their use case
Offer services related to the above tasks and projects to any of the Companies of the Group as instructed by the Line Manager
Main requirements:
University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a similar discipline
7+ years’ experience within the following areas: Cloud ( AWS), Release Pipeline Management, Windows Server Administration, Linux Administration, Certificate Management, PowerShell scripting, Bash/python scripting, Configuration Management and IAC (Ansible/Terraform), DNS, Networking
Enterprise-level Kubernetes experience
Solid Linux administration skills
Commitment to continuous improvement, with a focus on observability, modern application architecture styles, blue-green / canary deployments, CI/CD pipeline management
Ability to self-motivate, study, and stay on-top of emerging technologies and trends, while meeting business deadlines
Experience with tools including: Istio, Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, MSK, New Relic
The following will be considered an advantage:
Familiarity with database concepts
Working experience with at least one cloud provider (preferably AWS)
Experience with Apache Kafka configuration and troubleshooting
Experience with ELK configuration and troubleshooting
Scripting skills (Bash, PowerShell, Python, Go, etc.)
The Hiring Experience: What Awaits You
Show Your Skills – Online Technical Challenge
Let’s Connect – Intro Chat with Talent Acquisition
Deep Dive – First Interview with Your Future Team
Final Connection – Final Interview
All applications will be treated with strict confidentiality!
By submitting this application, I confirm that I have read and agree to the terms of the Privacy and Data Protection Notice and the Confidentiality Undertaking.
Location: Home based - EMEA
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 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
Information Systems Architect
to define the best practice in infrastructure as code at a global scale. Join us to advance the state of the art, and shape the infrastructure behind tens of millions devices running Ubuntu.
The Information Systems (IS) team is responsible for all IT operations at Canonical, including the infrastructure for building, packaging and distributing Ubuntu globally. As the IS architect, you will own the design of hardware and software implementation from PCI lanes to CDN and everything in between. Our goal is to be a reference operation, using the latest capabilities in Ubuntu and open source more generally, with the most modern operating principles. Your choices will impact the Ubuntu user experience for millions of users, and drive how Canonical’s engineers engage with compute and network resources in a devops setting.
As the IS Architect, you’ll be in a unique position to improve Canonical products and the open-source technologies they’re based on. You do this by leading System Reliability Engineers (SRE) and Data Center Engineers (DCE) to embrace best practices, and make informed decisions on technology choices in all aspects of cloud infrastructure and services. You will coach the IS team on automation, reliability, operational/technical scalability, network infrastructure and security.
This is a home based position, with twice-annual travel to company events totaling around 4 weeks per year.
Location:
This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region
The role entails
Define, get buy-in and implement the holistic vision of a world class internal cloud
Setup, maintain and update the technical design roadmap and guidelines for the SREs within IS, with the aim of improving reliability, resilience, operational scalability, and technical scalability
Collaborate with, and provide the cloud-ops software development teams with input for roadmap, requirements and prioritization to build a world-class, highly standardized and automated operation
Provide the IS management with input and advice with regards to technology, reliability, resilience and business cases
Lead technical choices to implement solutions as self-service products, ensuring scalable operation
Collaborate with product security as well as operations security to set best practice and mitigate new threats in a timely manner
Automate operations for reuse across the world's largest companies, taking into consideration the complexities of distributed systems
Collaborate with development teams to design service architecture, documentation, playbooks, policies and operational procedures
Analyze incidents and events, and establish what the reason behind the reasons are, and what structural improvements can be made to minimize the chance of them reoccurring
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
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
Extensive knowledge of cloud computing concepts, technologies & operation
Practical knowledge of Linux networking, routing, and firewalls, internet transit and large scale/bandwidth networking.
Experience dealing with significant production outages, incident response and postmortems
A passion for writing, sharing, and maintaining enterprise open-source software solutions
Able to communicate clearly and effectively in English over email, chat, video or voice calls and in-person
Be familiarized and passionate about open-source, especially Ubuntu or Debian
Nice-to-have skills
Modern software engineering background (peer-review, unit testing, SCM, CI/CD, Agile)
Hands-on experience of automatic administration of enterprise Linux servers at scale
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
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
Location: Home Based - Americas
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.
This is an exciting opportunity for a software engineer passionate about open source software, Linux, Python, and web services at scale. We are building the next generation management solution for Ubuntu in the enterprise - on premise and on the public cloud - to enable large estate observability, telemetry, security, compliance and operations. Build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, a growing international software company.
Landscape is the leading management tool to deploy, monitor and manage fleets of Ubuntu systems, including package and repository management, health and security monitoring, hardware inventory, and automation. As Landscape software engineer you will be responsible for contributing on a distributed development team participating in all facets of the development process.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the Americas region.
What you’ll do
Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
Write high-quality code to create new features, fix bugs and modernize the Landscape codebase
Demonstrate your strong commitment to code quality and automated testing
Participate in the engineering process with code and architectural reviews
Take personal ownership of problems and design and deliver solutions
Work remotely with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
Assist with release management during each development cycle
Collaborate with devops for Landscape SaaS, Canonical’s hosted Landscape
Who you are
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 a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
You have proficiency developing public-facing APIs and web applications, preferably using Python.
Experience with Python and web frameworks such as Flask and Django.
Experience with databases, and ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus)
You are comfortable with Ubuntu as a development and deployment platform.
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 & 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.
#LI-remote
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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 globally 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 Site Reliability Engineer
Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure DevOps practices, raising the bar on what's possible with automation by embracing a model-driven approach, whether on-premise or on public clouds.
We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes clusters, and applications for customers across both physical and public cloud estates. We identify and address incidents, monitor and observe applications, anticipate potential issues, and enable product refinement to ultimately achieve high-quality standards in our open source portfolio.
To succeed in this role, you need to have a strong background in Linux, Python, networking, and knowledge of how clouds work. Your work will encompass the entire stack, from bare-metal networking and kernel up to Kubernetes and open source applications. You can expect to be trained in our core technologies like OpenStack, Kubernetes, security standards, open source products like Kubeflow, Kafka, OpenSearch, databases, and many others.
Automation for us is a software engineering problem that we approach with a scientific mindset to bring operations at scale, driven by metrics and code.
Location: Globally remote role
The role
We deploy and run OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage solutions, and open source applications, applying DevOps practices.
To become a member of our team, you need to be a software engineer fluent in Python, you need a genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from bare metal to containers, and you need the ability to work in operations with mission-critical services for global brand-name customers.
As a member of the team, you will gain experience in a broad range of cloud technologies. We evolve our offerings as the state of the art improves, so you get to stay current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure.
What we are looking for in you
Degree in software engineering or computer science
Python software development experience
Operational experience in Linux environments
Experience with Kubernetes deployment or operations
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Bonus skills
Familiarity with OpenStack deployment or operations
Familiarity with public cloud deployment or operations
Familiarity with private cloud management
What we offer colleagues
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We adjust compensation every 6 months to ensure we recognize outstanding performance, and in addition to base pay, we offer annual bonuses. 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
Every 6 months compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programs
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet your 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 creates a better work environment and better products.
Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
#LI-Remote
Location: Home Based - APAC; Home based - EMEA
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 a
Engineering Manager - Python and K8s
that is passionate about building a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems. We are confident that we can dramatically improve the experience of running complex business operations - and then we can help our customers embrace those new techniques and products. Traditionally, IS is an inward-facing operation. We would like to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability at Canonical. Our internal workloads are in many cases the same open source workloads that our customers want to operate. This team will productise those workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.
As an engineering manager you’ll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet.You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.
What you’ll do
You’ll lead a team focused on productising business workloads
You will build and manage a regional team of engineers
You'll develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
You will demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your team’s goals
Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement
Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders
Advance modern, agile software development practices
Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events
Who you are
You have experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations
You have a software engineering background, with proven Python experience
You have experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIs
You love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
You have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
You have experience working in an agile development environment
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 & 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.
#LI-remote
Location: Muscat, Oman
We are looking to recruit Support & Implementation Engineers who will provide high-level onsite and remote IT technical liaisons. The Support & Implementation Engineer will be responsible for the full life-cycle of incidents and problems. The position will require close working with all teams in all levels of technical support and engineering.
Responsibilities
Implement and install solutions on the customer's test and production environments.
Work onsite and offsite to troubleshoot and diagnose customer-reported issues on the different levels of solutions (i.e. Database, Application, Network, Communication, and Integration Interfaces Levels).
Act positively and respond promptly to the customer’s requests/tickets.
Prepare, review and ensure accuracy of technical documentation.
Conduct Preventive / Corrective Maintenance visits to customer sites physically or remotely.
Perform any other job-related duties incidental to the work.
Requirements
Bachelor's Degree in Information Technology, Engineering/Science, Computer Application, or any related field.
Fresh graduates / Up to 3 years experience in a familiar field.
Willing to travel abroad and work extra hours whenever needed.
Knowledge in database engines (Oracle and MS-SQL).
knowledge in operating systems (Linux and MS Windows).
Knowledge in application servers (Apache Tomcat, Oracle WebLogic, and IBM WebSphere).
Knowledge in Directory Services (AD & LDAP).
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal skills.
Excellent team player.
Excellent customer service skills.
Attention to detail skills.
Effective communication skills.
Experience in one or more of the below is a plus
:
Cloud Computing, Virtualization Technologies, SAN and Storage, Network Infrastructure.
Data Centers, High Availability & Disaster Recovery, Backup & Recovery Strategies.
Knowledge in PKI Infrastructure and Certificate Authorities.
Knowledge in database engines (PostgreSQL, MySQL, and NoSQL Databases).
Knowledge in server and client operating systems (Linux Distros, Windows).
Knowledge in web application servers (Jetty, Wildfly, JBoss).
Knowledge in Object Storage management.
Cloud-based Solution Infrastructure (Amazon, Azure, Google Cloud, DigitalOcean).
Cloud Infrastructure Tools (OpenStack, Docker, Kubernetes).
DevOps Techniques and Skills including CI/CD.
Location: Home based - Worldwide
Our ambition is to set a standard of excellence when it comes to serving the open source ecosystem. This is your chance to be a part of that as a
Community Engineer at Canonical
.
We are building community management at scale. We have multiple positions available, at different seniority levels.
All applications and candidates are handled through this single entry point.
To improve your chances of success in this application, read our advice on
how to get a job at Canonical
.
The role of a Community Engineer
The Community team at Canonical enables community leaders and participants to get things done, co-ordinating with Canonical teams and ensuring that community processes are efficient and well run. We don't do the work of the community, but we facilitate that work to ensure that energetic and ambitious community members with their own vision of open source can benefit from the work Canonical does and bring their own flavor of Ubuntu into being, to meet the needs and express the interests of their community. You will play a key role in designing, executing, and scaling initiatives that foster a thriving community.
This is an exciting opportunity for a technically proficient person who is passionate about open source software, Linux, and sustainable community building.
In this role, you will support community initiatives with your technical skills and strong organizational skills. You work hand in hand with developers to smooth processes and integrate community plans with Canonical plans for maximum impact. You can encourage and facilitate the creation of new technical projects that enhance the community contribution experience, and you represent community interests to Canonical teams. You will lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs from conception through launch, working closely with Developer Relations engineers, technical authors, product managers, marketing teams, engineering teams, and external partners.
You will support and engage with volunteer developers in the Ubuntu community, addressing their concerns and helping them to create successful tools. You will help to ensure their success and the overall autonomy and sustainability of projects.
You will provide the content and technical support to ensure the community stays engaged and informed. This will include regular blog and social media posts about community initiatives, events, accomplishments, and collaborative efforts between Canonical and the Ubuntu community.
You will communicate effectively with developers and software engineers and represent not only the Ubuntu community but Canonical as a contributor to the wider Linux ecosystem. Our team attends conferences and expos, and talks about technical community projects and their development processes.
Location
: These are fully remote roles, open to candidates across the globe.
What your day will look like
Write high quality content to promote and support community initiatives
Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions to community problems
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
Potential opportunity to travel more if you wish
Nurture community contributions to Ubuntu
Engage with the Ubuntu community through Discourse, Matrix, social media, conferences, etc.
Represent Ubuntu via speaking engagements at events and conferences
Support the engagement by Canonical teams into the open source ecosystem
What we are looking for in you
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 experience with developer tools and open source projects
You have a clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, X, etc.)
You have interest and experience with some of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, container technology
You can work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed
You can be flexible with your time and enjoy working with new technology in a fast-paced environment
You are experienced working with open source communities and understand the workflow of volunteer contributors
You have experience in (technical) program management and have excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Additional skills that you might also bring
Experience with community management
Experience with Developer advocacy
Experience as a software developer
Examples of contributions to the Ubuntu Community
Experience with contributing to open source projects
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
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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 want to transform the world of software operations by enabling true model-driven operations via next-generation infrastructure-as-code. This will allow companies to run very efficient bare-metal operations for high-performance computing, private cloud, data lakes, AI/ML, and analytics. We need to invent some new technology, and we need to build some new products; we are therefore looking for someone who can lead and inspire a regional software engineering team to fulfill this initiative.
The Solutions Engineering team works in close collaboration with our managed infrastructure operations team, which runs many private OpenStack clouds and Kubernetes clusters for customers around the world. This enables us to improve our infra-as-code products based on our own real experience, mirroring that of our users and customers. We work in Python, creating open-source automation capabilities that simplify operations for anybody, anywhere, who is building on Ubuntu.
Most of the team's work involves pure Python software development focused on enabling true DevOps workflows. We strive for high quality in both design, documentation, tests, and performance as we enhance operations code packages and Ubuntu itself in order to ensure our platform is the easiest, most robust, and best performing for driving your infrastructure.
As an Engineering Manager, your primary responsibility is to the people you lead and support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and finding satisfaction in their career at Canonical. We need someone who can display technical leadership by leveraging a solid background in software development so that they're able to challenge and grow their team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on direction and execution.
What you will do
Lead and develop a team of Python engineers working remotely in global locations
Hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing code yourself
Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
Set and manage expectations with other engineering and operations teams
Coordinate with management and internal and external stakeholders or customers
Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
Travel globally up to 10% of time for internal and external events
Who you are
You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
You are knowledgeable and passionate about agile software development
You love leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers - especially Python ones
You are knowledgeable in cloud computing concepts & technologies
You are comfortable administrating Linux servers, including their storage and networking
You have hands-on experience with software automation
You are organized and want your team to deliver high-quality software in a timely manner
You are a lifelong learner
Bonus points for
You have graduated with a university degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field
Having a thorough understanding of modern infrastructure, including OpenStack or Kubernetes
Having experience in operations as well as software development
Being familiar with the challenges of large-scale, multi-cloud operations
Go expertise
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 & 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.
#LI-remote
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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.
Help us shape the future of open source IT, devops, and IS, from bare metal to containers. Our goal is to revolutionise open source application and infrastructure operations.
We want to transform the world of software operations by enabling true model-driven operations via next-generation infrastructure-as-code. This will allow companies to run very efficient bare-metal operations for high-performance computing, private cloud, data lakes, AI/ML, and analytics. We need to invent some new technology, and we need to build some new products; we are therefore looking for someone who can lead and inspire a regional software engineering team to fulfill this initiative.
The Solutions Engineering team works in close collaboration with our managed infrastructure operations team, which runs many private OpenStack clouds and Kubernetes clusters for customers around the world. This enables us to improve our infra-as-code products based on our own real experience, mirroring that of our users and customers. We work in Python, creating open source automation capabilities that simplify operations for anybody, anywhere, who is building on Ubuntu.
Most of the team's work involves pure Python software development focused on enabling true DevOps workflows. We strive for high quality in both design, documentation, tests, and performance as we enhance operations code packages and Ubuntu itself in order to ensure our platform is the easiest, most robust, and best performing for driving your infrastructure.
This role is ideal for software engineers who want to work in a global team, have a passion for distributed systems and cloud computing, and an interest in the entire Linux stack - from kernel to networking to virtualization and containers.
What you will do
Work in Python and Golang to design and deliver open source software operations code
Work with the entire Linux stack, from kernel, networking, storage, to applications
Shape high quality open source monitoring and alerting infrastructure
Rethink open source operations for our customers and open source community
Demonstrate sound engineering design and testing principles in your code
Follow agile software development practices
Coach and develop your colleagues where you have insights
Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Global travel up to 10% of time for internal and external events
Who you are
You are a passionate Python developer
You are organised and want your team to deliver timely, high quality software
You understand the importance of reliable operations in an agile world
You have sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies
You have practical knowledge of Linux and networking
You are a lifelong learner
Bonus points for
You have graduated with a university degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field
Golang programming skills
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 & 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.
#LI-remote
Location: Home based - Worldwide
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 a Senior Site Reliability Engineer
Next-gen operations at scale, with pure Python infra-as-code, from bare metal to containers and applications. Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure devops.
We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters for customers across physical and public cloud estate, and we are raising the bar on what's possible with automation by embracing a universal operator pattern and model-driven operations.
To succeed in this role you need to believe in automation as a pure software engineering problem, not a hack-it-till-it-works-for-me problem. You need to be interested in the scientific approach to operations at scale, driven by metrics and code, and you need to be able to learn the entire stack, from bare metal networking and kernel up to serverless and open source applications.
Location: Globally remote role
The role entails
Our cloud operations engineers bring Python software-engineering skills and rigour to the operations domain. We practise devsecops from bare metal to application. We architect and run OpenStack, Kubernetes and software defined storage, and we enable devsecops for applications running on that infrastructure too.
To become a member of this team, you need to be a software engineer fluent in Python, you need a genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack from metal to containers, and you need the ability to work in a high pressure operations environment with mission-critical services for global brand name customers.
As a member of the team you will gain experience in a broad range of cloud technologies. We evolve our offerings as the state of the art improves, so you get to stay current with the latest capabilities in open source infrastructure. We drive upgrades to keep our customers on the latest, best solutions.
What we are looking for in you
Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science
Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage
Python software development expertise
Operational experience
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Nice-to-have skills
Experience with OpenStack or Kubernetes deployment or operations
Familiarity with public or private cloud management
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
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.
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УдалённоHome Based - APAC; Home based - EMEA
ГибридLimassol; Athens; Nicosia; Fully Remote - in other eligible locations; Thessaloniki
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