UX Designer - Infrastructure and DX

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a UX Designer for Infrastructure and Developer Experience to work with the exceptional engineering teams at Canonical and play a vital role in improving developer experience globally.

Our design team is on a mission to turn complex, open-source software into efficient, intuitive products that can change how complex systems are built and what open source is capable of for enterprise IT. We seek a talented and technically minded user experience designer who shares our ambitions.

This role reports to one of the Infrastructure and Developer Experience design managers or the Director.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

• Building tools that enable everyone to build their own cloud experiences (MAAS, LXD, MicroCloud, and Canonical k8s)
• Collaborating with product managers and engineers to shape the future of developer experience
• Supporting deeply complex products with design and UX heuristics
• Evolving and evangelising design systems to drive consistency and efficiency
• Understanding the broader scope of your work and its interconnected constraints
• Supporting working groups to enable Canonical design's horizontal efforts

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic record from high school and university
• Bachelor's or equivalent in User Experience, Design, STEM, or a compelling alternative narrative
• Knowledge and passion for user experience, technology, and design
• Commitment to continuous learning and improvement
• Result-oriented with a drive to complete work and celebrate success
• Confidence in user research practices
• Engagement with the latest design research and innovation
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events of up to two weeks

UX designers should be excellent communicators, comfortable working with engineers, designers, and executives. They should confidently present their design positions and connect their leadership to the company's strategic vision.

Read more about the design team.

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping worldwide compensation, revisited annually. Our benefits include:

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunities to travel and meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm leading the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a key open source platform for AI, IoT, and cloud, we are transforming software. We recruit globally, expecting excellence to succeed. Since 2004, most colleagues work from home. Working here challenges you to think differently, learn new skills, and excel.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds enhances our environment and products. We consider all applications fairly regardless of your identity.