Canonical

Python Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Canonical seeks a Python Engineering Manager based remotely in EMEA to lead teams in the Commercial Systems unit. Responsibilities include accountability for an internal product's design and development, developing direct reports, driving process and design improvements, and aligning engineering work with business needs. Relevant domain areas in the unit include data governance (Trino, Ranger), SaaS user management and onboarding, ETL/integrations, and performance/SRE practices. Role requires professional English and ability to travel internationally twice a year.

Sustaining Operations Engineer

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Globally remote sustaining operations role providing final-point escalation for complex Linux and open-source stack issues. Responsibilities include deep debugging and troubleshooting across layers (bare metal, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking), collaborating with field/support/product teams, producing workarounds and upstream fixes, and participating in weekend rotations and occasional international travel (≈10%).

Support Engineering Manager

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Responsible for managing a professional, distributed support team including skills development, performance management, operational control and meeting SLAs. Role requires strong Linux CLI experience, leadership and customer-focus, with work on Ubuntu, cloud (including OpenStack/public cloud) and virtualization technologies, and contribution to support knowledge and processes.

Staff Security Operations Engineer

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring senior/staff Security Operations Engineers to implement and evolve SecOps standards, security architecture, tooling, threat modelling, and incident response across Canonical's infrastructure and Ubuntu estate. Candidates should demonstrate strong academic performance and expertise in threat modelling, threat intelligence, risk management frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF), and security controls; experience ranges from exceptional early-career individuals to those with deep experience defending against APTs and state-level actors.

Staff Engineer, Development Lifecycle

Full-time

220 days ago

Europe, Middle East, Africa

Lead Canonical's effort to make Ubuntu suitable for highly regulated, mission-critical systems by translating regulatory and certification demands into concrete engineering practices. Work across teams to define and implement continuous improvement processes, qualification requirements, and quality measurement methods; engage with external standards groups. Requires strong engineering and process management experience in agile environments, knowledge or certification of standards such as ISO/IEC 25010 or ASPICE, experience with Linux, and experience leading compliance and certification efforts.

Solutions Architect for Automotive

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring a Solutions Architect for Automotive to support partners and prospects in adopting Ubuntu and related open source technologies. Responsibilities include engaging customers during presales, delivering embedded Linux demos and PoCs, liaising with internal experts to build solutions, and conveying market requirements. Requires extensive Linux and embedded experience (Yocto/RTOS), programming/scripting (Golang, Python, C, C++, or Rust), strong communication and customer-facing skills, and willingness to travel up to 30%.

Software Support Engineer

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Work remotely worldwide to resolve complex customer problems across the stack (kernel, virtualization, containers, storage, networking, OpenStack, Kubernetes). Responsibilities include troubleshooting, developing bug fixes and backports, working with upstream projects, code review, and collaborating with field, support and product engineering teams. Role may require up to ~10% international travel for team meetings and events.

Software Maintenance Engineer

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Remote role (worldwide) resolving complex customer issues across the open-source stack including Linux kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes and related layers. Responsibilities include troubleshooting, developing bug fixes and backports, working with upstream communities, code review, and collaborating with field/support/product teams. Role requires experience with Linux and at least one of Python, Go, C or C++ and includes up to ~10% international travel for team events.

Software Engineer, Sustaining Engineering

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Work remotely on Ubuntu and related open source stack (kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, virtualization and containerization). Troubleshoot complex customer issues, develop and backport bug fixes for upstream inclusion, work with field/support/product teams, review code, and travel internationally up to ~10% for events.

Software Engineer - Solutions Engineering

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Work on open-source infrastructure and operations software (primarily Python, also Golang) across the Linux stack, including kernel, networking, storage, virtualization, containers, Kubernetes and OpenStack. Responsibilities include designing and delivering infra-as-code, building monitoring and alerting, applying testing and engineering principles, following agile practices, and coaching colleagues. Role is global/home-based with up to 10% travel. Required: strong Python skills, practical Linux and networking knowledge, and cloud computing concepts; bonus: CS degree and Golang experience.

Software Engineer (Python/Linux/Packaging)

Full-time

220 days ago

Home Based - Americas

Develop and maintain Python-based tooling and build/packaging systems (snapcraft, charmcraft, rockcraft) to support publication of snaps, charms and rocks. Work with GNU/Linux internals, build systems and toolchains (including cross-compilation), container technologies (Docker, Kubernetes, LXD), and CI systems. Role is home-based for candidates located in the Americas.

Software Engineer - Python/Golang - Kubernetes

Full-time

220 days ago

Europe, Africa, Middle East

Canonical seeks a software engineer for its Kubernetes product team to develop operators and addons using Go and/or Python. Responsibilities include writing high-quality code, debugging, collaborating with a distributed team and engaging with the open-source community. The role is remote for EMEA and the Americas and involves occasional travel for in-person events.

Software Engineer - Python - Container Images

Full-time

220 days ago

North America, Latin America, Asia

Build and maintain a portfolio of Ubuntu-based container images; implement and maintain CI/CD automation for building, testing and publishing images; write tools and tests for security compliance and cloud-native compatibility; contribute to Python- and Go-based tools and open-source projects; participate in code and architecture reviews, documentation and mentoring. Remote, distributed role with up to 15% travel.

Software Engineer - Python - Cloud - graduate level

Full-time

220 days ago

Home Based - Americas

Work remotely as a Software Engineer contributing to Ubuntu on public clouds: develop, test and release improvements to cloud images. Role requires excellent Python on Linux, experience with image creation and at least some knowledge of Ubuntu systems administration, apt and Debian packaging, plus testing, debugging and collaborating with distributed teams and cloud partners. Travel of ~2–4 weeks per year is expected.

Software Engineer - Python and K8s

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring a remote Software Engineer to develop open-source operations software in Python and work with Kubernetes. The role involves working across the Linux stack (kernel, networking, storage, virtualization, containers), designing for reliability, building monitoring/alerting, testing and documenting code, collaborating with other teams, and occasional global travel (once or twice a year for up to two weeks).

Software Engineer - OpenStack

Full-time

220 days ago

North America, Latin America, Europe

Build and maintain Charmed OpenStack and Ceph (Python charms) to deploy and manage OpenStack and Ceph across diverse environments and architectures. Collaborate with a distributed team, write and review high-quality code, debug and fix issues, and ensure success on multiple architectures (including non-x86). Role involves working from home with international travel several times a year.

Software Engineer - L3 Support

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring a remote Software Engineer - L3 Support to resolve complex customer issues across Ubuntu and related open source technologies (kernel, Ceph, OpenStack, Kubernetes, containers, networking, storage). The role involves troubleshooting, developing and backporting fixes, working with upstream projects, code review, and cross-team collaboration; occasional international travel (up to ~10%) is required.

Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Linux Kernel

Full-time

220 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical seeks a Kernel Engineering Manager to transition technical leaders (senior engineers, tech leads) into people and project management. Responsibilities include leading and mentoring distributed kernel engineers, managing delivery/testing/maintenance of Ubuntu kernels across cloud, server, desktop, and IoT, collaborating with silicon and cloud partners, owning release cycles, and driving engineering quality. Requires strong technical background in systems software/C and experience with Linux or OS kernels, packaging (Ubuntu/Debian/Snap) and professional English; some international travel (~twice yearly).

Software Engineering Manager - Sustaining Engineering

Full-time

220 days ago

Home Based - Americas

Manage and grow a regional Sustaining Engineering team (people management, hiring, coaching, KPIs). Support delivery of bug fixes, patches and technical solutions across technologies including Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Juju and MAAS. Role is remote (Home Based - Americas) with up to 10% travel.

Software Engineering Manager - Container and Virtualisation Infrastructure

Full-time

220 days ago

North America, Latin America, Europe

Lead a remote engineering team working on LXD and related stack across kernel, virtualization, storage and networking (KVM, Ceph, SDN). Responsibilities include people development (coaching, mentoring), setting expectations with stakeholders, participating in code and architecture review, and engaging with internal teams and the open source community. Role is remote in EMEA and the Americas with ~4–6 weeks annual travel. Requires strong Linux/cloud infrastructure background and experience leading engineering teams; programming experience in C and/or Go is requested.