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.
Key Responsibilities
Engage with open source communities and developer organizations to communicate vision and gather feedback.
Participate in team product meetings to contribute insights on strategy and development progress.
Maintain conversations with developer community members across various platforms such as IRC, social media, forums, and meet-ups.
Collaborate with internal teams to establish consistent approaches and address technical problems.
Contribute to technical documentation, articles, presentations, and workshops to meet developer needs.
Identify opportunities for improving the developer experience and provide guidance on technical trends.
Present at conferences, meetups, or technical events to promote products and share expertise.
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 be an engaging, vivacious speaker and presenter.
Ability to work effectively, tactfully, empathetically, and confidently in contexts where different parties have different perspectives, needs, and understanding.
Ability to build trust, relationships, and confidence.
Willingness to travel globally twice a year for company events, upstream, and partner events.
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is 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 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
Travel upgrades and Priority Pass for travel and company events
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