Community Engineer multiple roles and seniority levels
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Remote
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Job Description
A Community Engineer at Canonical is responsible for fostering and managing open source community initiatives, supporting volunteer developers, and facilitating collaboration between the community and Canonical teams to promote the Ubuntu ecosystem and open source projects.
Key Responsibilities
- Enable and support community initiatives through technical and organizational skills
- Coordinate with developers and internal teams to integrate community plans with company objectives
- Foster the creation of new technical projects and facilitate community contributions
- Lead complex programs from conception to launch in collaboration with cross-disciplinary teams
- Engage with and support volunteer developers to ensure their success and project sustainability
- Create and share content such as blog posts and social media updates to promote community activities
- Represent the community and company at conferences, events, and speaking engagements
- Communicate effectively with developers and the broader open source ecosystem
Requirements
- Experience with developer tools and open source projects, with a clear public record of accomplishments such as talks, blog posts, GitHub contributions, or activity on platforms like X.
- Interest and experience with Ubuntu Linux, including kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, or container technology.
- Ability to work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed.
- Flexibility with working hours and enjoyment of working with new technology in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working with open source communities and understanding the workflow of volunteer contributors.
- Experience in technical program management, with excellent organizational, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to communicate effectively with developers and software engineers and represent the Ubuntu community and Canonical as a contributor to the wider Linux ecosystem.
- Willingness to work remotely with the potential to travel 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events, with the possibility of additional travel if desired.
Benefits & Perks
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
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Revisit compensation annually and more often for graduates and associates
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