Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer

Canonical is hiring a Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer. This is a remote job – you can work from home in Sri Lanka for a company abroad.

Job summary

• Post: Senior/Staff/Principal Engineer
• Employer: Canonical
• Where: Remote – open to Anywhere (includes Sri Lanka)
• Job type: Full-time
• Level: Senior
• Apply by: 29 November 2026 (or until the post is filled)

About this kind of job

Technical posts are about installing, checking and repairing equipment or supervising work on site. Safety, practical skill and the ability to solve problems quickly matter most.

What the job involves

• Leading design and architecture of an impactful open source project
• Coding in Golang, Rust, Python, C/C++ or Typescript / React
• Collaborating proactively with a globally distributed team
• Mentoring, developing and advising colleagues in their career progression
• Displaying technical leadership in Canonical and our communities
• Debugging issues and producing high-quality code to fix them
• Contributing to technical documentation with the aim to make it the best of its kind
• Working from home with global travel twice annually for company events

What the employer offers

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave

Working remotely from Sri Lanka

• You need a laptop, a stable internet connection and good written English.
• Check the working hours (time zone) and how you will be paid (for example bank transfer, Payoneer or Wise) before you accept an offer.
• Foreign income received through banks in Sri Lanka may have tax rules – keep your payment records.

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Mention your NVQ, diploma or degree and the machines, tools or projects you have worked with. Apply only through the official link and never pay money to get a job.

Source

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