Open Source Community Architect (Remote)

Canonical Ltd.

Charlotte Amalie (United States Virgin Islands)

Remote

USD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

48 hours ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Distributed work environment

USD 2,000 learning budget per year

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Program

Travel opportunities

Conference travel perks

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking a Community Engineer to help manage and scale Ubuntu community initiatives. This fully remote role invites candidates from around the world to collaborate with Canonical teams and volunteer contributors to drive open source impact.

You will lead multi-disciplinary programs from conception through launch, working with DevRel engineers, authors, product managers, and partners to ensure thriving community participation and sustainable projects.

Qualifications

Experience with developer tools and open source projects.
Clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, X, etc.)
Interest/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 finding good solutions to community problems
Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
Potential opportunity to travel more if you wish
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