Developer Relations Engineer

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Responsibilities

• ▹Take part in team product meetings, from strategy to day-by-day development progress
• ▹Maintain conversations with developer community members on IRC, social media, product forums, meet-ups and more
• ▹Work with colleagues in other teams to help establish commonality and consistent approaches
• ▹Help solve specific technical problems that users or colleagues have identified
• ▹Contribute to technical documentation to ensure developer users' needs are met
• ▹Work on technical articles, presentations or workshops
• ▹Identify new opportunities and directions for improvement in the developer experience
• ▹Present at conferences, meetups or technical events

Requirements

• ▹A programmer or developer with a demonstrable passion for and engagement in open-source software
• ▹Has worked with real-world challenges developing and deploying software using Linux
• ▹Practical hands-on experience of Linux software packaging: Snaps, debs, charms, rocks, PIP, containers
• ▹Understands current software packaging issues and trends in the Linux ecosystem
• ▹Has been a contributor to open-source communities, software and documentation
• ▹An engaging, vivacious speaker and presenter
• ▹Can work effectively, tactfully, empathetically and confidently where different parties have different perspectives, needs and understanding
• ▹Builds trust, relationships and confidence
• ▹Willing to travel globally twice a year for company events

Nice to have

• ▹Previous experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• ▹In-depth familiarity with Ubuntu and the Canonical ecosystem of products

Soft skills

About the company

As the publisher of Ubuntu, Canonical serves millions of developers building for the cloud, IoT and data science, aiming to make open source development easier and more reliable.