Canonical · 1 week ago
Staff Engineer, Development Lifecycle
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. They are seeking a Staff Engineer to lead efforts in making Ubuntu suitable for mission-critical systems in regulated environments, focusing on engineering excellence and compliance standards.
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H1B Sponsor Likely
Responsibilities
Lead our effort to get Ubuntu fit for applications in automotive, aerospace, industrial robotics and other highly regulated environments
Transform complex demands into concrete outcomes, and in turn into engineering excellence values and practices
Lead and challenge engineering culture, working with teams across the organisation
Make practices come alive, at every level of engineering
Help define Canonical’s ways of working, collaborating with engineering leadership to describe and implement continuous improvement processes
Establish qualification requirements in support of engineering quality standards
Define methods and approaches for measuring quality, and use them to shape and sharpen engineering culture
Establish strategic relations with external working groups, committees and partners
Join the industrial standards team at Canonical and work closely with company-wide engineering leadership to define and deliver this vision
Qualification
Required
Strong experience in engineering and process management in an agile environment
Knowledge or certification of standards addressing quality of software artifacts such as ISO/IEC 25010 or ASPICE
Love developing and growing people and teams and have a track record of doing it
Led successful compliance and certification efforts, understand well the process and stakeholders management required
Experience with Linux
Preferred
Background as a software developer
Experience in establishing product engineering development metrics and KPIs
Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Benefits
Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Parental Leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at ‘sprints’
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
Company
Canonical
Publisher of Ubuntu enterprise Linux and open source software.
H1B Sponsorship
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Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
67%
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Engineering and Development
Management and Executive
Human Resources
Trends of Total Sponsorships
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2025 (4)
2024 (1)
2023 (1)
2022 (3)
2021 (1)
2020 (1)
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Mark Shuttleworth
CEO
Neil French
Chief Operating Officer and Head of Revenue Operations
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