Posting explicitly states 'Home based - Worldwide' and 'We have remote roles open in every time zone.' No work authorisation requirement is mentioned. The travel requirement (twice yearly, up to two weeks) is for company events, not a residency mandate, and remains feasible for a Caribbean-based employee. English is required and the target user is English-monolingual, satisfying the language gate.
“Home based - Worldwide” Geographic scope — No location restrictions stated — worldwide.
“Home based - Worldwide” Geographic scope — Explicit worldwide geographic scope affirms eligibility.
“We have remote roles open in every time zone.” Geographic scope — Confirms no geographic or timezone restriction that would exclude UTC-5 Caribbean locations.
“Professional written and spoken English” Work authorization — Only language requirement stated; no additional language mandated, so English-only speaker qualifies.
“Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person” Physical presence — Travel is for voluntary team alignment events, not a residency or in-office requirement; feasible for remote-based employee.
“We have remote roles open in every time zone.” Timezone — No timezone overlap requirement stated; explicitly accommodates all zones including UTC-5.
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring engineers to work across the breadth of our Ubuntu Engineering organisation - engineers who care deeply for quality, performance and resilience in software, engineers who are just as comfortable with designing and engineering new software as they are with packaging, integrating, testing and shipping the incredible catalog of open source software provided by the Ubuntu repositories.
Our engineers integrate the freshest open source software, provide robust upgrade paths and engineer the future of Ubuntu. Ubuntu is not just the world’s most deployed open source operating system, it's a platform that enables innovation for millions of users across the globe. Our community represents the full breadth of the developer experience; from students, hobbyists and freelancers to high performance engineering and creative teams in corporate and academic environments.
Bring your existing expertise and learn new skills by working on one of the most prolific pieces of open source software. As an engineer working on Ubuntu you could work on any or all of the following categories:
At Canonical , you will have the opportunity to engage with and contribute to the broader open source community. We're looking for individuals who can help build a thriving community and contribute with enthusiasm and precision to a broad range of technologies.
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Straight to the employer's own application — no middleman.
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