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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
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