As a Developer Relations Manager, you will lead a team of developer relations engineers who engage with developer communities and ISVs to help them reach the Ubuntu ecosystem. Typically we help them shape their snaps, charms, or Ubuntu-based Docker images, and ensure that Ubuntu is fully enabled in their CI/CD pipelines. This is a role that requires strong technical grounding in software engineering, Linux and open source communities, container technologies and devops. It is also a management role that requires judgement, empathy and drive. You and your team will represent not only the Ubuntu community but also Canonical as a contributor to the wider Linux ecosystem. You will lead a distributed team and travel internationally 2-4 times per year for engineering sprints, community summits, industry events, and strategic planning sessions. What you will do: - Build and lead a developer relations team at Canonical - Gain a deep understanding of snaps, Juju charms, or Docker containers - Grow the developer community by attracting software developers and ISVs to the platform - Create content to scale up adoption, demonstrate best practices, and showcase new features - Provide input to development teams at Canonical based on feedback from ISVs, developers, and the wider community - Collaborate with software developers, product managers and technical writers on developing documentation - Write ecosystem specific guides, tutorials, release notes, and white papers - Curate existing documentation, performing periodic reviews, triage user feedback/bug reports and determine priorities for remedial work - Engage with the community through various means, including discourse, IRC, social media, conferences, etc. - Identify relevant influencers and devising plans on how to effectively engage with them - Deliver training workshops in person and remotely - Represent the platform via speaking engagements at industry events and community conferences Who you are: - You love technology and working with brilliant people. - You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable. - You value soft skills and are passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated. - You have experience with developer tools and open source projects. - You have a clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, Twitter, etc). - You have interest and experience with two or more of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and QA, package management, container technology. - You can work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed. - You can be flexible with your time and enjoy working with new technology in a fast-paced environment. - You are experienced working with open source communities and understand the workflow of volunteer contributors. Nice to have: - Experience as a software developer - Examples of contributions to the Ubuntu Community - Experience with contributing to open source projects Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu. LI-remote