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.

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).

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.

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.

Lead and grow a regional engineering team to redesign and deliver the next generation of Landscape (SaaS and on‑prem) for managing large Ubuntu estates. Role requires technical leadership (Python/Golang, backend services, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, HAProxy, ReactJS), hands‑on involvement in architecture and code review, agile delivery, mentoring, and collaboration with product and other teams. Remote (Home Based - Americas) with ~4–6 weeks/year travel.

Canonical seeks an Engineering Director to lead multiple distributed teams and manage engineering managers and staff engineers across a range of domains (e.g., Python, Go, C/C++, Rust, web, systems, security). Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, setting and measuring engineering processes and team health, representing products to stakeholders, and ensuring delivery quality. Role is remote (worldwide) and requires travel twice per year. Strong Linux-based software engineering background, extensive management experience, excellent English communication, and open source engagement are required.

Canonical is hiring a home-based (EMEA) Software Engineer to design and implement silicon-optimized application packages for AI/ML inference on Linux (Ubuntu Core), focusing on Inference Snaps. The role requires a minimum of 3 years professional software development experience (Go or C++), Linux application development, and familiarity with containers, packaging, CI/CD, local inference frameworks and hardware accelerators. The position is remote with global travel (2–4 weeks/year).

Canonical seeks engineers for the OpenSearch team to build and automate features of data platforms (not data analysis). Responsibilities include writing idiomatic Python, developing distributed systems, ensuring fault-tolerant replication, TLS, installation and operations, debugging, and engaging with upstream communities. Role is remote across EMEA with travel up to ~4 times/year.

Work on automation of data platform operations (fault-tolerant replication, TLS, installation, backups) for managed Big Data systems. Responsibilities include writing idiomatic Python, debugging, collaborating with a distributed team and upstream communities, and occasional global travel (2–4 weeks/year). Candidates from junior to senior levels are considered; a Bachelor's or equivalent in CS/STEM is stated.

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, pipelines and automation to build reliable image delivery and integration with public cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP). Responsibilities include pipeline development (Python, Jenkins, shell), adding cloud-related features to Ubuntu Server, debugging, code reviews, and partner engagement. Requires practical public cloud experience and experience in Python development on Linux; interest/experience in containers, devops automation, open source, APIs, Linux admin, or Python packaging.

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.

Work remotely as part of Canonical’s IS team to develop and operate infrastructure as code, automate software operations across private and public clouds, maintain core services and improve resilience and scalability. Role requires experience with IaC, CI/CD, Linux administration, Python, cloud and container technologies, and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana and Elasticsearch. English communication skills are required.

Manage and lead a distributed site reliability/devops team in APAC and EMEA, delivering managed services and infrastructure-as-code solutions. Responsibilities include day-to-day agile devops practices, stakeholder representation, project coordination, mentoring engineers, implementing engineering and operations processes, and meeting service level agreements. Role requires strong Linux and operations expertise, experience with cloud and container technologies (Kubernetes), and willingness to travel twice yearly.

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.