Jobs at Canonical

Leads Canonical’s global Legal and Compliance function, advising executives and the Board while building a distributed legal team. Responsibilities include public-market readiness, corporate governance, commercial contracting, intellectual property and open-source licensing, privacy, export controls, anti-bribery, competition and AI regulation. The role also oversees litigation, regulatory engagement, external counsel, M&A, partnerships and financing. It is remote in EMEA time zones, with optional London office work and international travel two to four times annually.

Designs and owns Canonical’s global internal audit function, including audit infrastructure, risk registers, control testing, process walkthroughs, audit programs, reporting, and remediation tracking. The role partners with stakeholders and senior leadership to identify risks, improve controls, and support scalable global operations. It reports to the CFO and Audit Committee and requires international travel two to four times annually.

Manage multi-country payroll operations, compliance, audits, controls, vendor relationships, payroll analysis, and process improvements. Lead payroll system automation and scalability initiatives while ensuring accurate and timely processing across jurisdictions. Partner with finance, HR, treasury, and external providers, monitor regulatory changes, and mentor a global payroll team in a distributed technology environment.

Provide technical IFRS accounting and reporting support, research and interpret accounting standards, prepare accounting papers and statutory accounts, support audits and month-end reporting, improve financial processes, and help ready the business for IPO.

The Sales Development Representative will handle customer inquiries, execute sales campaigns, collaborate with teams, generate leads, and identify market trends.

Design and own global tax processes for multiple entities: prepare and review corporate tax, VAT and IFRS tax provisioning; manage transfer pricing, audits, tax planning, technology-driven process improvements, cross-functional tax support, and monitor legislative changes.

Lead accounting controls, reporting, and audits; improve policies, systems and processes; manage month and year-end close; support finance system and AI projects; mentor junior accountants and ensure regulatory compliance across jurisdictions.

Lead cost accounting and systems automation for global operations: design cost recognition processes, align cross-functional teams, manage month-end close, maintain controls, mentor a team, liaise with auditors, and implement scalable NetSuite/ERP improvements.

Provide office-based technical support for Canonical customers and employees, owning support cases from qualification to resolution. Troubleshoot Linux/Ubuntu systems, virtualization (KVM/OpenStack), containers (Docker, LXD/LXC, Kubernetes), storage and networking issues. Engage customers via phone/tickets/remote sessions, contribute to knowledge base, participate in weekend rota, and support AV and office infrastructure. Travel internationally twice yearly for company events.

Provide technical desktop and server support for Ubuntu/Linux environments, resolving customer issues via phone, tickets, and remote sessions. Support office infrastructure and AV for events, onboard new employees, and meet SLA and customer satisfaction targets. Escalate complex problems and learn new products and technologies.

As a Sales Development Representative, you will handle customer inquiries, execute sales campaigns, collaborate across teams, and develop a sales pipeline.

The role involves delivering technical support to customers and employees using Linux and Ubuntu, managing cases, troubleshooting, and participating in weekend rotations.

Leads a remote engineering team building scalable Python and Golang microservices for Canonical’s software distribution marketplaces. Responsibilities include mentoring and developing engineers, managing delivery and expectations, shaping technical strategy and roadmaps, reviewing code, guiding architecture, maintaining engineering quality, and collaborating with product managers, architects, other teams, open-source contributors, and commercial partners.

Develop high-quality, resilient software across Ubuntu and the open source stack, from Linux systems and firmware to cloud, containers, and desktop applications. Contribute to product roadmaps, user experience, code reviews, issue resolution, security, and enterprise requirements. Collaborate remotely with global engineering teams and the open source community, while building expertise in programming languages and Linux systems. Attend international company sprints twice yearly.

This role involves driving revenue growth through strategic relationships and partnerships in Sales and Alliances, focusing on the technology industry.

The Business Services Team Manager at Canonical leads travel, logistics, events, and expense management, requiring coordination and effective decision-making while ensuring a high level of accountability across teams.

Lead regional SDR and BDR managers across AMER, EMEA, and APAC to run inbound and outbound teams, maintain a multi-million dollar pipeline, recruit and develop SDR managers, align with Sales, Marketing and Field Engineering, use data and CRM analytics for forecasting, and build culture and accountability across a remote, distributed sales academy.

As an Engineering Manager, lead a team of engineers, coaching their development while ensuring quality results and implementing engineering processes.

The Senior Site Reliability / Gitops Engineer will drive automation and collaboration within the IS team, enhancing Canonical's IT operations and services while managing infrastructure as code and cloud technologies.

Lead a distributed team of engineers overseeing Linux kernel delivery for Ubuntu, ensuring quality, security, and effective collaborative practices.