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Developer Relations Engineer

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description

A Developer Relations Engineer at Canonical engages with open source communities and developers to promote Ubuntu and related products, providing technical expertise, creating content, and fostering innovation to improve the developer experience across various platforms and events.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage with open source communities and developer organizations to communicate vision and gather feedback.
  • Participate in team product meetings to contribute insights and expertise.
  • Maintain ongoing conversations with developer community members via various platforms.
  • Collaborate with internal teams to establish consistent approaches and solutions.
  • Assist in solving technical problems identified by users or colleagues.
  • Contribute to technical documentation, articles, presentations, and workshops.
  • Identify opportunities for improving the developer experience.
  • Represent the company at conferences, meetups, and technical events.

Requirements

  • A programmer or developer with a demonstrable passion for and engagement in open-source software.
  • Experience working with real-world challenges developing and deploying software using Linux.
  • Practical hands-on experience of Linux software packaging including Snaps, debs, charms, rocks, PIP, containers.
  • Understanding of current software packing issues and trends in the Linux ecosystem.
  • Experience as a contributor to open-source communities, software, and documentation.
  • Ability to work effectively, tactfully, empathetically, and confidently in contexts where different parties have different perspectives, needs, and understanding.
  • Willingness to travel globally twice a year for company events, as well as to upstream and partner events.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation/salary range based on location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus
Distributed work environment with remote work since 2004
Twice-yearly in-person team sprints
Annual personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues and partners
Travel upgrades and Priority Pass for travel and company events

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