Remote Ubuntu Security Engineer

Canonical Group Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual compensation review

Travel opportunities

Wellness & support platform

Maternity/Paternity leave

Job summary

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, including Ubuntu, used worldwide in cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT. We are building a globally distributed security engineering team and seek candidates from Graduate to Senior levels.

This engineering-focused role involves analyzing vulnerabilities, coordinating with internal teams and upstream developers, and contributing to security assessments and internal tooling.

Qualifications

• Thorough understanding of common vulnerability categories and fixes.
• Familiarity with coordinated disclosure practices.
• Experience with open source development tools and workflows.
• Strong logic, troubleshooting and decision-making skills.
• Clear communication with team and Ubuntu community members.
• Experience with Linux (Debian/Ubuntu preferred).

Responsibilities

• Analyze, fix, and test vulnerabilities in open source packages within Ubuntu.
• Track and manage Ubuntu ecosystem vulnerabilities using internal tools.
• Collaborate with Ubuntu community and upstream developers to patch vulnerabilities.
• Audit source code for security issues and improvements.
• Build features and tools to enhance product security across Ubuntu.

Skills

Security vulnerabilities

Open source

Linux

Communication

Problem solving

Collaboration

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, including Ubuntu, used worldwide in cloud, data science, AI, engineering, and IoT. We are building a globally distributed security engineering team and seek candidates from Graduate to Senior levels.

This engineering-focused role involves analyzing vulnerabilities, coordinating with internal teams and upstream developers, and contributing to security assessments and internal tooling.