Developer Relations Engineer
Canonical
WorldwideremotePosted 16 days ago
Skill Required
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Key highlights
- Remote-first company culture since 2004
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Requires hands-on experience with Linux software packaging
- Performance-driven annual bonus
- Twice-yearly global travel required for company events
Role overview
As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical serves millions of developers building for the cloud, IoT, and data science. The company is establishing a new Developer Relations team to engage directly with open source communities, communicate their vision, and gather feedback to shape future offerings and priorities.
Responsibilities
- Take part in team product meetings, at levels from strategy to day-by-day development progress, contributing insight and expertise
- Maintain conversations with developer community members wherever they may be found - IRC, social media, product forums, meet-ups and more
- Work with colleagues in other teams in the company, as part of efforts to help establish commonality and consistent approaches
- Help solve specific technical problems that users or colleagues have identified
- Contribute to technical documentation to ensure that developer users' needs are met there
- Work on technical articles, presentations or workshops
- Identify new opportunities and directions for improvement in the developer experience we provide
- Present at conferences, meetups or technical events
Requirements
- Programmer or developer with a demonstrable passion for and engagement in open-source software
- Worked with real-world challenges developing and deploying software using Linux
- Practical hands-on experience of Linux software packaging (including Snaps, debs, charms, rocks, PIP, containers)
- Understands current software packing issues and trends in the Linux ecosystem
- Contributor to open-source communities, software and documentation
- Engaging, vivacious speaker and presenter
- Can work effectively, tactfully, empathetically and confidently in contexts where different parties have different perspectives, needs and understanding
- Builds trust, relationships and confidence
- Willing to travel globally twice a year for company events, as well as to upstream and partner events
Nice to have
- Previous experience in a developer advocacy or community role
- In-depth familiarity with Ubuntu and the Canonical ecosystem of products
Benefits
- Performance-driven annual bonus
- Distributed work environment
- 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 for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Additional details
- Location: we are building our initial DevRel team in Europe, Middle East, African and American time zones
- Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004
- To improve your chances of success in this application, read our advice on how to get a job at Canonical
- Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
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