Community Engineer (multiple roles and seniority levels)
Job description
A Community Engineer at Canonical supports and scales the Ubuntu open source community, facilitating community processes and initiatives and representing community interests to Canonical teams. The role is fully remote and involves writing content, engaging with volunteer developers, and leading multi-disciplinary programs.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · Worldwide
What you'll do
- Write high quality content to promote and support community initiatives
- Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions to community problems
- Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
- Nurture community contributions to Ubuntu
- Engage with the Ubuntu community through Discourse, Matrix, social media, conferences, etc.
- Represent Ubuntu via speaking engagements at events and conferences
- Support the engagement by Canonical teams into the open source ecosystem
- Lead complex, multi-disciplinary programs from conception through launch, working closely with Developer Relations engineers, technical authors, product managers, marketing teams, engineering teams, and external partners
- Provide the content and technical support to ensure the community stays engaged and informed, including regular blog and social media posts about community initiatives, events, accomplishments, and collaborative efforts
- Encourage and facilitate the creation of new technical projects that enhance the community contribution experience
- Represent community interests to Canonical teams
What we're looking for
- You love technology and working with brilliant people
- You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
- You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
- You have experience with developer tools and open source projects
- You have a clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, X, etc.)
- You have interest and experience with some of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, container technology
- You can work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed
- You can be flexible with your time and enjoy working with new technology in a fast-paced environment
- You are experienced working with open source communities and understand the workflow of volunteer contributors
- You have experience in (technical) program management and have excellent organizational, communication and interpersonal skills
Nice to have
- Experience with community management
- Experience with Developer advocacy
- Experience as a software developer
- Examples of contributions to the Ubuntu Community
- Experience with contributing to open source projects
Your team
Community team
The Community team at Canonical enables community leaders and participants to get things done, co-ordinating with Canonical teams and ensuring that community processes are efficient and well run.
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Program
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.
Mission
To set a standard of excellence when it comes to serving the open source ecosystem
Key facts
- 2004
- Open source software
- Publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud
- Recruits on a global basis
- Most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background
- Fairness globally