Job Title: Cloud Field Engineer
Company: Canonical
Job Type: Full-time, home-based (remote)
Location: Anywhere
Salary/Pay: Not stated. The company says pay depends on location, experience, and performance, with an annual compensation review and a performance-driven quarterly bonus. Benefits include 40 days of annual leave (including public holidays), a personal learning budget of USD 2,000 per year, recognition rewards, maternity and paternity leave, an Employee Assistance Programme, and Priority Pass for travel.
Experience: Mid-level.
Skills Required:
- University degree in Computer Science or related software engineering expertise
- Sound knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure and Ceph
- Practical knowledge of Linux and networking
- Intermediate to advanced Python programming skills
- Excellent communication and presentation skills in English
- Strong organisational skills and reliable follow-through on commitments
- A drive for continual learning and enjoyment of customer-facing project work
- Optional: a second language
Date Posted: October 7, 2026
Application Deadline: Not stated
Description:
Canonical, the company that publishes Ubuntu, is hiring a Cloud Field Engineer to help global companies adopt private cloud infrastructure, Linux, cloud-native operations and open source applications. The role mixes cloud solutions architecture, hands-on consulting, and software engineering. It suits developers who like solving customer problems through architecture, presentations and training. Canonical has been remote-first since 2004.
Key responsibilities include:
- Working across the Linux stack, from kernel, networking and storage to applications
- Writing Python to design and deliver open source code, including Kubernetes operators and infrastructure-as-code
- Architecting cloud infrastructure such as OpenStack, Kubernetes, Ceph, Hadoop and Spark, on-premises or on AWS, Azure and Google Cloud
- Deploying and testing solutions, then handing them over to the support or managed services team
- Coaching colleagues and helping build a healthy, collaborative engineering culture
How to Apply:
Apply through Working Nomads.