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What they do

Canonical publishes Ubuntu, a widely used open-source operating system. It runs in public clouds, data science, AI, and IoT devices. Canonical also builds and supports open-source tools for cloud and Kubernetes. Canonical says its customers include the leading public cloud and chip makers. The company is founder-led and profitable, and most staff work from home, as they did from 2004.

What they value

• Collaboration, rigor, passion for technology, and precision.
• Pursue excellence in all aspects of work.
• Trust people to deliver from wherever they are.
• Diversity: many countries, cultures, and backgrounds.
• Invest in growth, with a learning budget and mentors.

Where they hire

Of 314 Postings, 285 are home based, across EMEA, the Americas, Asia Pacific, or worldwide. The other 29 are office based, mostly in Taipei, London, and Beijing. Canonical has more than 1,400 people in over 75 countries. Teams meet in person two to four times a year. No Posting mentions visa sponsorship.

Teams and roles

The board has 314 Postings, and most are engineering roles.

• Engineering: more than 150 Postings, in devices and IoT, charms (tools that run software on cloud and Kubernetes), cloud, SaaS, Ubuntu, site reliability, web, and quality. Many are software engineers and engineering managers.
• Field and support engineering: field engineers, solutions architects, and Linux support engineers for customers.
• Engineering and Commercial Fast Track: 22 broad Postings for engineers and sales staff at levels from graduate to director.
• Sales, alliances, channel, and partner roles.
• Operations, people, marketing, product, design, and commercial systems.

What they look for

About 175 Postings ask for an exceptional academic record, often from high school and university. Python is named in 130 Postings, Kubernetes in 91, Go in 82, C or C++ in 77, and Rust in 29. Most engineering roles ask for Linux skills. Many Postings ask for fluent written and spoken English. Nearly every Posting asks people to travel, often for team sprints a few times a year.