Work remotely on a team that packages, builds, tests, signs, and continuously maintains hardened Ubuntu container images. Responsibilities include designing and operating CI/CD pipelines (e.g., GitHub Actions, Jenkins), building container images, implementing security and compliance tooling, collaborating with internal teams and the community, and mentoring colleagues. Required skills include Bash, Python, container tooling (Docker/Podman/Kubernetes), Linux systems, and experience with release or artifact pipelines. Travel up to ~15%.

Canonical's Kernel Team seeks a Test Engineer to own kernel testing strategy and infrastructure across many concurrently supported Ubuntu kernel versions. Responsibilities include designing and maintaining test plans and long-lived test suites, building automated test frameworks (stress tests, fuzzing, code coverage, regression detection), developing CI/CD pipelines, and collaborating with kernel engineers. Required skills include significant Python experience, familiarity with Linux kernel internals and system-level testing frameworks, CI/CD systems, git, and strong English communication. Role is remote within APAC with office options in Beijing (China) and Taipei (Taiwan); occasional travel (twice a year) is required.

Canonical is hiring engineers and architects to translate automotive and industrial safety, cybersecurity, and quality standards into engineering requirements, perform gap analyses, and design and execute verification and validation to qualify Ubuntu and components for regulated environments. The role involves producing traceability models, risk analyses, test strategies, certification artefacts, improving automation and tooling for compliance evidence, and collaborating with Canonical teams and industrial partners. Strong experience with Linux, C/C++, Python, embedded systems, and relevant industry standards is required.

Canonical seeks a Senior Software Engineer to develop Kubernetes operators and addons, write high-quality code in Golang and Python, debug issues, and collaborate with a distributed team. The role is remote across EMEA and the Americas, involves occasional global travel (2–4 weeks annually), mentoring colleagues, and engaging with the open-source community.

Canonical seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Ubuntu Foundations Package Management team. The role combines people management and hands-on technical leadership across package management (APT, dpkg), firmware and driver management, release engineering, and system lifecycle infrastructure. The position is remote (worldwide), requires collaboration with Ubuntu and upstream projects (including Debian), and includes biannual travel for team events.

Full-time, globally remote graduate role hiring 2025/2026 graduates to join engineering teams working on open-source and commercial systems across the Linux stack (BIOS, bootloaders, firmware, kernel, drivers, desktop apps, containers, compilers, packaging). Requires strong academic record, programming experience (Python, Rust, C/C++, Go, JavaScript or Java), familiarity with Ubuntu/Linux, professional English and willingness to travel internationally twice a year for team sprints.

Work on GCC and LLVM runtimes, tooling and integration within Ubuntu to improve developer and operator experience. Responsibilities include selecting and packaging tooling, writing and reviewing code, debugging, collaborating with distributed teams, and mentoring junior engineers. Preferred experience includes GCC/LLVM, C/C++, Linux distributions, and Debian/Ubuntu packaging; nice-to-haves include build systems, cross-compilation, performance or security engineering.

Define and drive UX strategy for Canonical's cloud networking products across the portfolio. Design interfaces and design-system patterns for complex networking concepts (VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancers, observability) for both GUI and CLI. Conduct user research with DevOps/SRE/network engineers, build prototypes (Figma), mentor designers, and contribute to cross-product design efforts. Requires 8+ years experience in product/UX/interaction design and strong understanding of cloud and networking fundamentals. Role is remote in the EMEA region with occasional international travel (~twice a year).

Canonical is hiring Engineering Managers (including Senior Managers) to lead teams across Ubuntu Foundations, Server, Desktop and Debcrafters. Responsibilities include owning technical roadmaps, team growth and coaching, architecture and code reviews, planning and execution, working with product management, and contributing to upstream open source. Requires a software engineering background, technical leadership experience, professional English, and significant experience with one or more of Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++. Role is remote with travel up to twice a year for in-person team events.

Join Canonical's Server Certification team to develop and maintain open-source Python-based testing tools (Checkbox, Testflinger), troubleshoot hardware compatibility and performance issues on Ubuntu Server, support hardware partners in certification efforts, and assist internal teams on datacenter/cloud product deployments. Role is home-based in the Americas (team centered in North and South American time zones) and involves global travel approximately 2–4 times per year. Required skills include Python, shell scripting, familiarity with server-class hardware, virtualization/container technologies, and test automation/CI-CD concepts; position is customer-facing.

Canonical seeks open-source-focused Linux Software Engineers (multiple seniority levels) to work remotely on optimizing Ubuntu across new silicon and platforms (x86, ARM, RISC-V, PowerPC, s390x). Responsibilities include upstream collaboration, debugging and maintaining open-source code, distribution packaging, hardware enablement, building OS images, and work across virtualization, containers, AI/HPC, graphics/multimedia, networking, security, and embedded/IoT systems. Role involves periodic global travel for team events.

Canonical seeks mid-career software engineers to work remotely across Ubuntu Engineering on areas such as development (Rust, Go, Python, Flutter), architecture, packaging (Debian and Snap), automation, and distro engineering. The role requires 2+ years' professional experience, strong open source engagement, professional English, and willingness to travel twice yearly for team events.

Remote global role leading teams within Ubuntu Engineering (Foundations, Server, Desktop, Debcrafters). Responsibilities include technical roadmap ownership, architecture and code reviews, planning and execution, mentoring and career development, contributing to upstream open source, optimizing Ubuntu for performance/reliability/security, debugging complex system-level problems, and improving documentation. Required: technical leadership, software engineering background, professional English, significant experience with Rust/Go/Python/Flutter/C/C++ and Linux.

Canonical is hiring junior engineers to work across Ubuntu Engineering (Foundations, Server, Desktop, Debcrafters). Responsibilities include designing, building and shipping software; packaging and integrating open source software into Ubuntu repositories; debugging and testing; authoring documentation; and contributing to upstream projects. Remote roles are available worldwide; occasional travel (up to twice a year) is expected.

Entry-level (junior) Web/UI Engineer at Canonical working remotely worldwide to develop data-rich frontends using JavaScript/TypeScript, React, CSS and Flutter. Role involves REST API integration, accessibility and performance focus, participation in open-source projects, and occasional travel (about twice yearly). US entry-level salary range stated as USD 48,000–70,000.

Canonical is hiring an Ubuntu Security Engineer to join the Ubuntu Security Team to monitor, triage, respond to, and document vulnerabilities in open source software. The role involves analyzing, fixing, and testing vulnerabilities, auditing source code, collaborating with upstream developers and internal teams, building tools and features, and participating in coordinated disclosure. The position is globally remote and requires international travel at least twice a year.

Join the Canonical Kernel Team to integrate and optimise platform support for silicon partners (e.g., SoCs), diagnose and resolve kernel issues, deliver silicon-optimised Ubuntu kernels, improve tooling and automation, and submit and review kernel patches. Role requires programming in C, hardware-level system engineering experience (device drivers/BSPs), git knowledge, and effective English communication; travel twice yearly for team events.

The Canonical Kernel Team seeks an engineer to own aspects of the boot process, BIOS/UEFI, ACPI (including AML) and other platform firmware components for the Ubuntu Linux kernel. Responsibilities include collaborating with platform vendors and a distributed team, contributing to and maintaining the Firmware Test Suite (FWTS), improving tooling/automation, and submitting/reviewing kernel patches with upstream maintainers. Requires strong C programming, familiarity with ACPI and UEFI, git, and knowledge of the x86 bootstrap process. Ability to travel internationally twice a year. Additional useful skills: Python, Bash, coreboot, packaging and kernel debugging.

Work remotely in EMEA on Ubuntu Core to design and implement low-level embedded Linux components (bootloaders, boot mechanisms, storage layout, device trees, kernel, services). Requires experience with C or Go and Shell, strong Linux knowledge, familiarity with bootloaders (piboot, u-boot, grub-uefi), systemd/udev/initrd, and interest or experience in security features (TPM, LUKS, HSM). Role involves unit testing, debugging system-level issues, code review, and occasional global travel (2–4 times/year).

Lead and grow a globally distributed engineering team to define and execute the automotive engineering roadmap, ensure Linux distribution and products meet automotive and industrial standards (e.g., ISO21434, ISO26262, IEC 61508, ASPICE, UNECE R155/R156), represent Canonical in automotive communities and consortia, drive technical strategy, improve delivery quality and developer experience, and work cross-functionally with Product Management and senior leadership. Role requires hands-on software and embedded systems background (C/C++, Python), Linux expertise, experience with functional safety and automotive compliance, and people leadership in agile environments.