Opportunity overview
What you should know
We checked this opportunity from Canonical. It is listed as Worldwide.
The work location is Remote — worldwide. Employer-stated compensation: Salary not included in the job posting.
Job description
About this role
Debcrafters: a new team responsible for the forward movement, maintenance and overall health of the Ubuntu archive: one of the most abundant repositories of open source software available today You'll be accountable for your technical roadmap, and responsible for your team: helping them grow as engineers, do important and satisfying work, and have a great time while doing it. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role.
Responsibilities
- Leading their teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
- Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
- Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
- Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
- Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
- Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
- Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects
- Authoring and improving technical and community documentation
Qualifications and requirements
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
- Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
- A demonstrated passion for open source software
- Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
- Experience managing technical teams
- Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
- Experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
- Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
- Performance or Security Engineering experience
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Why you may be eligible
The source says applicants worldwide may apply. You should still confirm time-zone, work-authorization and experience requirements.
About the employer
Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu and develops open-source technology used across cloud, enterprise, IoT and AI environments.
This opportunity was checked against a direct Canonical careers listing.
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How this listing was checked
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- Employer or source
- Canonical
- Source checked
- September 7, 2026
- Application destination
- Employer or official applicant-tracking website
- Work setup and location
- Remote · Remote — worldwide
- Who can apply
- Worldwide · Confirmed by source
- Pay
- Not stated by employer
- Deadline
- Not stated by employer
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