Technical Author (multiple roles and seniority levels)

Home Based - AmericasRemoteFull-time2026-05-18 → 2026-11-12

Remote

Core

Lead documentation efforts for Canonical teams in engineering, business operations, or support, creating and maintaining software documentation to serve product users and internal colleagues.

Role type

Technical Author (Product-focused, Customer-focused, or Operations-focused)

Builds

Software documentation, user guides, internal handbooks, and documentation practice standards for Canonical's open-source products.

Domain

Open-source software, Linux, cloud infrastructure, AI, IoT

Required skills

Technical writing, software development context, Linux command line, Git, Sphinx, reStructuredText, open-source community engagement, functional written communication

Preferred skills

Deep technical domain knowledge, user-experience design, open-source community leadership

Technologies

Linux, Git, Sphinx, reStructuredText

Responsibilities

Create, maintain, and improve software documentation; influence product development as an expert user; engage with user communities; standardize content structure and style; collaborate on documentation best practices.

Seniority

Graduate to Senior Staff

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work s