Community Engineer (multiple roles and seniority levels) at Canonical · Remote (Anywhere)
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You love technology and working with brilliant people
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You are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountable
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You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
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You have experience with developer tools and open source projects
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You have a clear public record of accomplishments (talks, blog posts, GitHub, X, etc.)
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You have interest and experience with some of the following: Ubuntu Linux - kernel or userspace, DevOps, software development, testing and Q
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You can work autonomously and assume full ownership of objectives as needed
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You can be flexible with your time and enjoy working with new technology in a fast-paced environment
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Why they ask: Retention skill.
How to answer: Listen, diagnose, plan, escalate, follow through.
Why they ask: Opener to see how you frame your story.
How to answer: Two minutes: current role, one achievement that matches this job, why this company now.
Why they ask: Checks ownership and depth.
How to answer: Use situation, action, result. Quantify the result.
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Why they ask: Tests accountability and learning.
How to answer: Pick a real failure, own your part, show the fix and what changed afterwards.
Why they ask: Checks judgement under pressure.
How to answer: Describe a concrete framework and one example of a trade-off you made.
Why they ask: Looks for red flags and motivation.
How to answer: Stay positive: what you want next, not what you dislike.
Why they ask: Fit and ambition check.
How to answer: Tie your growth to the problems this team is solving.
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