Lead Data Governance Engineer

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Canonical is hiring a Lead Data Governance Engineer to define, monitor and execute data governance policies and to design, implement and maintain Python-based tooling for automated data-mesh operations. The role involves deploying and operating team services, working with tools such as Trino and Ranger, and ensuring compliance with frameworks like GDPR/DPA/ISO. The position is remote in EMEA and requires occasional international travel (around twice a year).

Kernel Build Automation Engineer - Ubuntu Linux

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Lead the design and implementation of an advanced automated Linux kernel build/control system and work with engineering teams to integrate into the Canonical ecosystem. Requires strong experience with kernel build systems (kbuild, kconfig, make), kernel patching, advanced git usage, and significant Python programming (C skills highly regarded). Familiarity with Yocto/buildroot, CI/CD, packaging (Ubuntu/Debian/Snap), and CLI/REST tooling is desirable. Role is senior and requires leadership and effective English communication; home-based within Europe, Middle East, or Africa with periodic in-person team sprints.

Junior Software Developer - Observability

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Canonical seeks a Junior Developer skilled in Python and with working knowledge of Go to develop a resilient, scalable cloud-native monitoring/observability stack for Kubernetes, OpenStack, VMs and containers. Role is remote (EMEA and Americas), involves collaborating with a distributed team, writing and testing code, debugging, code review, community interaction and periodic global travel for events.

Junior Project Manager

Full-time

235 days ago

North America, Latin America, Asia

Canonical is hiring a Junior Project Manager to support a portfolio of technical projects (open source/Ubuntu context). Responsibilities include helping ensure projects meet schedule, scope, cost and resource expectations; identifying risks and issues and implementing mitigations; running status meetings and business reviews; coordinating third-party deliverables; and advocating Canonical technologies to customers. Candidate should have a strong academic track record in a technical field or equivalent, excellent written and spoken English (professional level), presentation and interpersonal skills, a solution-oriented mindset, and ability to travel internationally twice yearly.

Junior Product Manager

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Canonical seeks junior product managers based in the EMEA timezone. Responsibilities include leading product lifecycle and strategy, prioritising work, collaborating with engineering/design/marketing/sales, conducting market research and usability testing, developing go-to-market plans, overseeing product lines, and supporting sales. Requires strong English communication, understanding of Linux/open source and technical ecosystems, ability to manage multiple projects, and willingness to travel up to four times per year for company events.

Junior Linux Kernel Engineer - Ubuntu

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring recent graduates and early-career engineers to work on the Linux kernel for Ubuntu. Responsibilities include developing and maintaining kernels across platforms, working with silicon/cloud partners, debugging and patching kernels, improving tooling and automation, and collaborating with upstream maintainers. Candidates should have programming experience in C and/or Rust, familiarity with git, an understanding of OS kernel fundamentals, and be able to travel twice yearly for team events.

Junior Ads Specialist

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Remote EMEA role supporting the Marketing team to set up, monitor and optimise paid advertising across platforms (Google, LinkedIn, Meta). Responsibilities include performance and budget monitoring, campaign tracking and analytics, A/B testing and building automation/AI-driven improvements to the adtech stack. Role reports to the Growth Engineering Manager and may require travel up to four times a year for internal events.

Juju Software Engineer (Go)

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Work on Juju, a large open-source Go project for model-driven operations across public/private cloud, Kubernetes, and bare metal. Role involves designing, delivering and supporting features in a highly concurrent distributed system, collaborating with a distributed team, interacting with upstream communities, and travelling up to four times per year. Required: experience developing in Go and excellent English communication.

IoT Solutions Architecture Manager (Americas only)

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Remote manager role (Americas) responsible for leading and developing Field Engineers across presales and professional services, solving customer problems with Canonical's Ubuntu/embedded Linux solutions, and driving disciplined engineering and organisational practices. Requires strong embedded Linux and firmware experience, proficiency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++ or Rust, experience managing a small team, and professional English communication.

Distributed Systems Engineer

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical seeks a remote (EMEA) Distributed Systems Engineer to design, build and operate high-performance APIs and streaming data services for IoT. Responsibilities include architecting scalable backend services, messaging/data pipelines, cloud-based SaaS and containerized on-prem deployments, implementing governance, auditing and security (IAM, encryption, GDPR/HIPAA), using technologies such as Go, Python, MQTT, Kafka, RabbitMQ, OpenTelemetry, OPC‑UA and ModBus. Role involves mentoring, code/design review, cross-functional collaboration and occasional global travel (approx. 2–4 weeks/year).

Information Systems - Open Source Technical Architect

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

The role owns the holistic technical vision and roadmap for Canonical's internal cloud and IT infrastructure, leading and coaching SREs and data center engineers on automation, reliability, scalability, networking and security. Responsibilities include designing hardware/software implementations (from PCI lanes to CDN), collaborating with cloud-ops teams, defining self‑service solutions, performing incident analysis and establishing operational practices across a global distributed environment. The position is home-based in EMEA with approximately four weeks' travel per year.

HR Generalist

Full-time

235 days ago

United Kingdom, France, Germany, Spain, United States

Canonical is hiring an HR Generalist to report to the Regional HR Manager and support either EMEA (UK, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain) or AMER (US, Canada, Brazil). Responsibilities include providing HR guidance and employee relations advice, managing benefits programs, liaising on payroll, supporting full life-cycle HR (onboarding to departure), leading HR system development/administration, producing data-driven reports, maintaining global policies with local application, and participating in HR projects. Role requires travel up to four times per year.

Head of Security Operations

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Manage and grow a SecOps team responsible for designing and operating Canonical's SOC and security practices. Own SOC architecture and tooling, define playbooks and KPIs, detect/contain/remediate threats, contribute to product and open source security, run threat modelling and tabletop exercises, collaborate on SecOps learning and development, and present/report security performance.

Graduate Talent Scientist

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - EMEA

Remote EMEA graduate role focused on talent science and people analytics: implement hiring strategies, assess candidates with behavioural interviews and psychometrics, perform advanced analytics (SQL, Python), improve processes and documentation, support hiring stakeholders and company channels, and travel 2–4 times yearly for company events. Requires an undergraduate degree in psychology or related subject, academic excellence, exposure to talent topics (coursework, internship or first job), and professional English.

Graduate Sales Development Representative

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring a graduate Sales Development Representative to handle inbound inquiries, execute outbound campaigns, research prospects, and build a multi-million pound pipeline. The role involves collaborating with sales and marketing, attending events and conferences worldwide, managing leads in CRM, and mapping accounts to identify opportunities. Candidates should demonstrate strong communication, persistence, and an interest in technology and business.

Graduate HR Generalist - APAC

Full-time

235 days ago

Home Based - APAC

Entry-level HR Generalist role (graduate) supporting APAC-based colleagues remotely. Responsibilities include HR support and queries, maintaining HRIS accuracy, processing new hires and onboarding documentation, benefits and payroll coordination, conducting employment file audits for GDPR compliance, and owning HR projects and initiatives. Internship HR experience is beneficial; role may require travel up to four times per year.

Graduate HR Generalist - AMER

Full-time

235 days ago

Home Based - Americas

Canonical seeks a Graduate HR Generalist for the AMER region to provide HR support (employee queries, onboarding, benefits, payroll liaison), maintain HRIS accuracy, conduct audits for GDPR compliance, own global HR projects (engagement/training/culture), and partner with managers and leaders. Role is remote within the Americas and may require travel up to four times a year.

Graduate Customer Success Manager

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Graduate Customer Success Manager (remote, worldwide). Primary responsibilities include supporting customers by resolving ticket requests, onboarding new users, enriching documentation, driving digital campaigns, identifying high-risk and high-potential customers, collecting and formatting customer feedback for product teams, and collaborating with Sales and Support. Role focuses on Canonical products such as Ubuntu, MAAS, Landscape, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes and data applications. Requires customer-facing experience, strong presentation and organisational skills, passion for technology (Ubuntu), teamwork and excellent English.

Golang System Software Engineer - Containers / Virtualisation

Full-time

235 days ago

North America, Latin America, Europe

Work on low-level Go code between the REST API and C libraries for LXD, designing and implementing system-level features, modeling data and database schemas stored in dqlite, and maintaining code quality with static analysis and tests. Requires experience with Go and C, knowledge of networking and storage, and experience with at least two of cloud computing, virtualization, containers, distributed systems or open source community involvement. Remote role available in EMEA and the Americas with periodic travel (2–4 weeks/year).

Golang Engineer

Full-time

235 days ago

Home based - Worldwide

Canonical is hiring Golang engineers (all seniority levels) to design, implement, test and operate Go software used across Ubuntu-related systems. Roles require strong Linux experience, proficiency in Go, and for senior roles experience with distributed systems and APIs. The position is fully remote with occasional travel (up to twice yearly) for in-person team events.