Remote Open Source Community Engineer

Canonical Ltd.

Singapore

Remote

SGD 70,000 - 120,000

Full time

31 hours ago
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Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment
Learning budget USD 2000 per year
Annual compensation review
Annual holiday leave
Employee Assistance Program
Travel to new locations for team/meet
Travel upgrades for long haul events

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking Community Engineers to design, execute, and scale initiatives that foster a thriving Ubuntu community.

You will work with developers, product managers, and marketing teams to integrate community plans with Canonical strategies for maximum impact. These remote roles span multiple seniority levels and involve writing content, coordinating events, and representing Canonical and the Ubuntu community at conferences and in open source ecosystems.

Qualifications

  • Experience with developer tools and open source projects.
  • Clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, X, etc.).
  • Interest and experience with Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, container technology.

Responsibilities

  • Write high quality content to promote and support community initiatives.
  • Discuss ideas and collaborate on solutions to community problems.
  • Work from home with global travel to internal and external events (2–4 weeks).
  • Engage with the Ubuntu community through Discourse, Matrix, social media, conferences, etc.
  • Represent Ubuntu via speaking engagements at events and conferences.
  • Support engagement by Canonical teams into the open source ecosystem.

Skills

Developer tools
Open source projects
Public record of accomplishments
Ubuntu/Linux experience
DevOps
Software development
QA/testing
Package management
Container technology
Program management

Tools

Discourse
Matrix
Conferences

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking Community Engineers to design, execute, and scale initiatives that foster a thriving Ubuntu community.

You will work with developers, product managers, and marketing teams to integrate community plans with Canonical strategies for maximum impact. These remote roles span multiple seniority levels and involve writing content, coordinating events, and representing Canonical and the Ubuntu community at conferences and in open source ecosystems.

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