Remote Community Architect for Open Source

Canonical Ltd.; Kuwait City; Remote; KWD 22,000 - 37,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Travel opportunities

Employee assistance program

Job summary

Canonical is seeking a Community Engineer to help grow and sustain Ubuntu’s global community. This remote, globally open role focuses on coordinating with developers, organizing initiatives, and communicating across platforms to energize contributors.

You will enable community leaders, design and scale programs, and collaborate with Canonical teams to maximize impact, all while promoting open source values.

Qualifications

• Experience with developer tools and open source projects.
• Clear public record of open source contributions (talks, blogs, GitHub, etc.).
• Interest in Ubuntu Linux—kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, packaging, or container tech.
• Ability to work autonomously and own objectives.
• Flexible, curious, and able to collaborate across time zones.

Responsibilities

• Write high quality content to promote community initiatives.
• Collaborate with developers to smooth processes and integrate plans.
• Lead multi-disciplinary community programs from conception to launch.
• Engage with the Ubuntu community via Discourse, Matrix, social media, conferences.
• Represent Canonical and Ubuntu at events and conferences.
• Travel 2–4 weeks for internal and external events when needed.
• Provide content and technical support to keep the community engaged.

Skills

Open source

Developer tools

Public record

Tools

GitHub

Discourse

Matrix

Job description

Canonical is seeking a Community Engineer to help grow and sustain Ubuntu’s global community. This remote, globally open role focuses on coordinating with developers, organizing initiatives, and communicating across platforms to energize contributors.

You will enable community leaders, design and scale programs, and collaborate with Canonical teams to maximize impact, all while promoting open source values.