Community Engineer at Canonical Ghana

About The Job

Summary:

• This is an exciting opportunity for a technically proficient person who is passionate about open source software, Linux, and sustainable community building.
• In this role, you will support community initiatives with your technical skills and strong organizational skills. 
• You can get into the trenches with developers to smooth processes and integrate community plans with Canonical plans for maximum impact. 
• You can encourage and facilitate the creation of new technical projects that enhance the community contribution experience, and you can represent community interests to Canonical teams.
• You will support and engage with volunteer developers in the Ubuntu community, addressing their concerns and helping them to create successful tools. 
• You will help to ensure their success and the overall autonomy and sustainability of the project. 
• This role is likely a good fit for someone with experience in DevOps, Software Development, Testing or QA, package management, container technology. You will definitely need to be technically skilled with Linux.
• You will provide the content and technical support to ensure the community stays engaged and informed. 
• This will include regular blog and social media posts about community initiatives, events, accomplishments, and collaborative efforts between Canonical and the Ubuntu community.
• You will communicate effectively with developers and software engineers and represent not only the Ubuntu community but Canonical as a contributor to the wider Linux ecosystem. Our team attends conferences and expos, and talks about technical community projects and their development processes.

What You Will Do:

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Write high quality content to promote and support community initiatives
• Discuss ideas and collaborate on finding good solutions to community problems
• Work from home with global travel 2 to 4 weeks for internal and external events
• Potential opportunity to travel more if you wish
• Nurture community contributions to Ubuntu
• Engage with the Ubuntu community through AskUbuntu, IRC, social media, conferences, etc
• Represent Ubuntu via speaking engagements at events and 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, enterprising, 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 / Optional:

• Experience with community management
• Experience with Developer advocacy
• Experience as a software developer
• Examples of contributions to the Ubuntu Community
• Experience with contributing to open source projects

We Offer:

• Learning and Development opportunities and budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority pass for travel
• Flexible working option