
Open Source • Cloud • AI
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2004
March 16

Open Source • Cloud • AI
Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.
501 - 1000 employees
Founded 2004
• Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems • The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration • Next-gen operations at scale, with pure Python infra-as-code • Our goal is to perfect enterprise infrastructure devops • We run hundreds of private cloud, Kubernetes, and application clusters • To succeed, need to believe in automation as a pure software engineering problem • Interested in the scientific approach to operations at scale, driven by metrics and code • You need to be able to learn the entire stack, from bare metal networking to open source applications • Our cloud operations engineers bring Python software-engineering skills and rigour to the operations domain • We practise devsecops from bare metal to application • To join us, you need to be a software engineer fluent in Python • You need a genuine interest in the full open source infrastructure stack
• Degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science • Experience with Linux and familiarity with Linux networking and storage • Python software development expertise • Operational experience • Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability • Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long • Experience with OpenStack or Kubernetes deployment or operations (nice-to-have) • Familiarity with public or private cloud management (nice-to-have)
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year • Annual compensation review • Recognition rewards • Annual holiday leave • Maternity and paternity leave • Employee Assistance Programme • Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues • Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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