Canonical's Data Platform team seeks engineers to develop and automate data platform features (not data analysis). Responsibilities include writing idiomatic Python, ensuring fault-tolerant replication, TLS, installation automation, debugging, and collaborating with distributed teams and upstream open-source communities. Role is remote within EMEA/MEA/Africa timezones and requires occasional travel (2–4 weeks/year).

Canonical is hiring a remote (EMEA) Software Engineer for Multipass to build and maintain a cross-platform C++ codebase (C++14+), focused on developer UX for local VMs/mini-clouds. Responsibilities include architecting features, writing high-quality code, reviewing architecture and code, mentoring teammates, debugging user issues, fostering the open source community, and supporting customers as needed. The role expects experience with macOS/Windows cross-platform development, hypervisor technologies (Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM, QEMU), testing/TDD and CI. Occasional international travel (up to ~2 weeks, twice a year) is required.

Globally remote engineering role focused on troubleshooting and resolving complex issues across the Linux-based stack (bare metal, virtualization, containerization, storage, networking, OpenStack, Kubernetes). Responsibilities include developing fixes, backporting patches, working with upstream projects, reviewing code, and coordinating with field/support/product teams. Role requires development-level experience (Python, Go, C/C++), familiarity with git and debugging tools (gdb), and up to ~10% international travel for team meetings and events.

Work on Linux, cloud infrastructure and automated image delivery pipelines for Ubuntu; implement cloud-related features, operate CI/CD pipelines, collaborate with cloud partners (Amazon, Microsoft, Google) and contribute to open source. Remote-first role with periodic global travel (2–4 weeks annually).

Work as part of Cloud Engineering to build modelling software and tools for systems such as Ceph, OpenStack and Kubernetes with a focus on distributed storage. Responsibilities include writing Python and Go code, debugging and fixing issues, developing and maintaining delivery/operations/lifecycle software for Ceph, contributing technical documentation, and collaborating with a globally distributed team. Role is remote for EMEA or the Americas and involves international travel several times a year. Required/background skills include experience with Ceph, modern Python, and familiarity with two or more of: Linux, Kubernetes, public cloud, OpenStack, LXC/LXD, Go, Debian packaging.

Work remotely with a globally distributed team to design, implement, and operate web service APIs and backend features from spec to production. The role focuses on Python (and optionally Go), scalable production architecture, databases (relational and non-relational), automated tests, code review, and occasional global travel (2–4 weeks) for events.

Work remotely from the Americas on Landscape, Canonical's management tool for Ubuntu fleets. Responsibilities include building and testing Python-based public APIs and web applications (Flask/Django), collaborating on a distributed team, participating in code and architecture reviews, release management, and working with DevOps. Requires familiarity with Ubuntu/Linux, databases/ORMs (PostgreSQL a plus) and may involve 2–4 weeks of travel for events.

Canonical seeks a senior software architect/engineer to lead architecture, design and evolution of LXD and MicroCloud. The role involves hands-on development in Go and C, code review, ensuring security and performance, mentoring colleagues, and providing technical leadership across containerisation, virtualization, networking, storage and distributed systems. Home-based in EMEA or the Americas with approximately biannual company events requiring travel.

Canonical is hiring a globally remote Site Reliability Engineer to deploy and operate OpenStack, Kubernetes, storage and open source applications. The role requires strong Linux and Python skills, networking and cloud knowledge, experience with Kubernetes deployment/operations, and the ability to operate mission-critical services. Candidates should be able to travel internationally twice a year for company events.

Remote (EMEA) Senior Software Engineer role on the Web Engineering team at Canonical. Responsibilities include designing and implementing well-tested and documented software, debugging and fixing user issues, leading code and architecture reviews, deploying and operating services, and contributing to technical documentation. Requires professional written and spoken English, experience with Linux (Debian/Ubuntu preferred), strong communication and mentoring skills, and ability to travel twice yearly. Nice-to-haves include container technologies (LXD, Docker, Kubernetes), REST API experience, performance and security experience.

Canonical seeks a Senior Ubuntu Embedded IoT System Engineer (remote, EMEA) to provide software and system engineering for OEM/ODM customers: platform bring-up, triage and fix critical issues, coordinate with firmware and hardware teams, and contribute upstream patches. Role requires strong Linux/system-level and boot/kernel skills, experience with bootloaders (e.g., U-Boot), firmware and board bring-up, programming in C/Python/Bash, and occasional international travel.

Canonical is hiring Senior+ Engineers (Senior/Staff/Principal) for remote roles worldwide. The role involves leading design and architecture, contributing high-quality code (Go, Rust, Python, C/C++, TypeScript/React), collaborating with distributed teams, mentoring colleagues, debugging, and writing technical documentation. Candidates should have strong technical leadership, a solid academic background or equivalent experience, and be able to travel twice yearly for company events.

Canonical seeks an experienced senior Python developer with MongoDB experience to help build a fully managed MongoDB solution using Juju. The role focuses on reliable, secure deployment and operation of MongoDB across machines, VMs, public cloud, Kubernetes and on-premise environments, and involves infrastructure deployment automation, systems administration, package management, and automated testing.

Join the Canonical MAAS team to develop and shape MAAS core components and architecture (Python/Go). Work on large-scale bare-metal provisioning, networking (PXE, DHCP, TFTP, DNS, NTP), storage and integration with cloud infrastructure. Contribute to CI, tests, documentation and collaborate with distributed teams. Role is remote across Americas and EMEA and requires international travel several times per year.

Canonical seeks a Senior/Staff/Lead Backend Software Engineer for the Launchpad platform (remote, EMEA). The role involves architecting and refining a mature Python-driven system, maintaining business-critical services, expanding package-building capabilities, improving developer workflows and the web UI, mentoring engineers, leading design and code reviews, and travelling internationally 2–4 times per year.

Lead and contribute to Canonical's Security Operations Center: perform security monitoring, threat hunting, incident response, and security engineering. Design and build security software and platforms, deploy and automate security tools (SRE practices), assess and improve security controls, mentor junior staff, and contribute to open source security and threat intelligence. Requires 10+ years' relevant experience, proficiency with scripting (Python, Bash), and familiarity with Git, GitOps, IaC and orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes.

Canonical is hiring a Senior Juju Software Engineer (Go) to design, deliver, and support features in a highly concurrent, distributed system that powers cloud automation. The role requires professional Go experience, strong communication in English, knowledge of cloud and container technologies, and working in open source environments. Remote-first position (home based/E M E A emphasis) with travel for team events.

Canonical seeks security-oriented software engineers to work across product teams on threat modeling, code auditing, vulnerability response, security tooling and integrations, and contributions to Ubuntu and upstream projects. The role expects fluency with Linux and a range of programming languages, experience driving security within an SSDLC, and participation in open source communities; it is globally remote with mandatory international travel at least twice yearly.

Canonical is hiring Rust Engineering Leads (all seniority levels) to design and implement Rust software, advocate Rust adoption, debug and maintain system-level Linux software, participate in code and architecture reviews, and collaborate with upstream communities. Roles are fully home-based, require strong Linux and Rust experience, and may involve travel twice yearly.

Canonical seeks a Python software engineer to work on the Ubuntu Hardware Certification team (EMEA). Responsibilities include developing and maintaining open-source Python test automation tools (e.g. Checkbox), building software for in-house hardware test solutions, writing functional and performance tests, and improving certification tooling and processes. Role involves collaboration in a globally distributed team and international travel 2–3 times per year.