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Jobs & hiring at Canonical

Hardware & Deep Tech305 open rolesHome Based - Worldwide & more

RoleIQ tracks every role Canonical opens on its own career pages — refreshed daily — so you can see your honest fit and get referred, instead of applying into a void.

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Open roles at Canonical

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Organisational Development Associate
Home Based - Americas; Home Based - EMEA · new
General & Mgmt
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Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu
Home Based - Worldwide · new
Engineering
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Software Engineer - Secure Container Images
Home Based - Americas; Home Based - APAC; Home Based - EMEA
Engineering
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Talent Acquisition Strategist
Home Based - EMEA
People & Talent
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Graduate Software Engineer, Open Source and Linux, Canonical Ubuntu
Home Based - Worldwide
Engineering
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Senior Organisational Development Practitioner
Home Based - Americas; Home Based - EMEA
General & Mgmt
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Regional SDR Director
Home Based - Americas; Home Based - APAC; Home Based - EMEA; Home Based - Worldwide
General & Mgmt
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Manager, People Analytics
Home Based - Americas; Home Based - EMEA
Data & ML
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What Canonical is hiring for — and where

Roles by function
Engineering160
Sales & BD46
General & Mgmt31
People & Talent17
Operations11
Marketing11
Roles by city
Home Based - Worldwide 93Home Based - EMEA 83Home Based - Americas; Home Based - EMEA 33Home Based - Americas 30Home Based - APAC 14Office Based - Taipei 12Office Based - Beijing 6Home Based - Americas; Home Based - APAC; Home Based - EMEA 5
Seniority mix
Associate / Mid248
Senior / Lead41
Director+16

Canonical pay, skills & hiring reality

The numbers
0%of live roles open to 0–2 yrs experience
39%of role descriptions mention remote or hybrid
Skills Canonical is hiring for right now
Ubuntu 296Cloud 269Data Science 219Linux 197Hiring 167Leadership 117Python (Computer Programming) 117English 112

How Canonical describes the way work gets done

Canonical describes its work as collaborative, innovative, and focused on customer needs, with a balance of autonomy and structured processes.

from 25 of Canonical’s own JDs
Customer focus4/5
Collaboration5/5
Innovation4/5
Pace & intensity2/5
Growth & learning4/5
Autonomy vs process4/5

This reflects how Canonical describes its work in its own postings — employer language, not employee reviews · confidence 100%. RoleIQ’s Round-1 AI interview asks one question tuned to this profile.

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Canonical hiring — questions people ask

Is Canonical hiring right now?

Yes — RoleIQ is tracking 305 live openings at Canonical, refreshed daily from Canonical’s own career pages, with 2 roles added in the last week.

What roles does Canonical hire for most?

Right now the largest clusters are Engineering, Sales & BD, General & Mgmt, hiring most in Home Based - Worldwide, Home Based - EMEA, Home Based - Americas; Home Based - EMEA.

Is Canonical good for freshers?

0% of Canonical's live roles are open to 0–2 years of experience, measured from the experience requirements in its own postings this week — a live number, not folklore.

Does Canonical allow work from home?

Of Canonical role descriptions that state a work mode this week, 39% mention remote or hybrid (85 remote, 8 hybrid, 148 onsite). Policies vary by team — the posting is the ground truth.

How do I get referred to Canonical instead of applying cold?

Install RoleIQ, open any Canonical role, and request a referral. RoleIQ runs a short AI Round-1, attaches an honest fit report, and routes your profile to a recruiter working that role through the SwitchiT Network — no inside contact needed.