Ubuntu Sales Engineer Entry-Level
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Remote
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Job Description
The Ubuntu Pro Sales Engineer role involves engaging with enterprise customers to promote and support the adoption of Ubuntu Pro and related open source technologies, providing technical guidance, demonstrations, and feedback to influence product development, while working closely with sales teams in a global, remote environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Facilitate and drive the adoption of Ubuntu Pro in enterprise customers
- Collect customer business requirements and advise on open source solutions
- Identify customer challenges with open source and demonstrate how Ubuntu Pro addresses them
- Deliver presentations and product demonstrations to prospective and current clients
- Provide feedback to product teams to influence product roadmap
- Collaborate with sales team to achieve sales targets
- Travel internationally for events and customer meetings
Requirements
- Demonstrated practical knowledge of Linux, virtualisation, containers and networking
- Intermediate level Python programming skills
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Experience with Linux Debian or Ubuntu preferred
- Ability to travel internationally, for company events up to two weeks long, and customer or industry meetings
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an 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
- Demonstrated personal interest in continuous learning and development
- Business-minded technology thinker and problem solver
- Knowledge of cloud computing concepts such as Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP
- Interest in large-scale enterprise open source including private clouds, machine learning and AI, data and analytics
- Passion for technology evidenced by personal projects and initiatives
- The work ethic and confidence to shine alongside motivated colleagues
- Appreciative of diversity, polite and effective in a multi-cultural, multi-national organisation
- Thoughtfulness and self-motivation
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to follow up and meet commitments
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and recognition rewards
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with most colleagues working from home
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Travel upgrades for long haul company events
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