Canonical hiring process

Learn about Canonical's hiring process – Understand how we hire and what you can expect from our process. A fair system for hiring from a global talent pool Deciding on your next career move is an important decision for you. We have worked hard to create a fair and equitable hiring process that allows us both to make informed decisions as you move forward in your career. We have been operating a fully distributed working environment for over 20 years. We are proud to have created a business that is not limited by flags or borders, and where we are afforded the opportunity to hire exceptional talent regardless of location. This creates a unique environment with multicultural teams spanning many time zones giving our people the chance to work with colleagues from all over the world. Our open source world relies on a rich and varied set of perspectives; to deliver our best products we seek diversity of ideas through effective and impactful collaboration. Our culture of talent We have built an exceptional culture of talent by creating a recruitment process that helps us identify those people likely to bring real impact to our mission. Being able to work with such a distinctive group of colleagues brings huge benefits, such as allowing for true diversity in thinking and ideas. Our fully distributed organization When assessing talent from across the globe it takes careful planning to build a hiring model that is fair for everyone. We have crafted a recruitment process that allows us to compare applications in a fair and consistent manner ensuring that no single person has an unfair advantage or better chance of success over another. We want everyone to have a chance to present their most relevant skills. We train our hiring teams to be experts in selecting talent across multiple geographies and cultures and to keep fairness and equity at the forefront of all decision making. Hiring exceptional colleagues We have been deliberate in designing an effective hiring process that helps us select those who are most likely to thrive in our environment. We have identified a set of traits and behaviors that we have found to be present in our most exceptional talent at all levels; high academic performance with evidence of initiative, leadership and drive during this period of personal growth, and those with good cognitive ability. So regardless of your level or the longevity of your career, you can expect to be assessed on these two areas. In addition, we value people with elevated drive, relentless curiosity and those with true resilience and stamina to solve new problems and do ground-breaking work. We seek people who are motivated by working in an environment that feeds continuous learning and development.

Canonical has been operating a fully distributed working environment for over 20 years. We are proud to have created a business that is not limited by flags or borders, and where we are afforded the opportunity to hire exceptional talent regardless of location. This creates a unique environment with multicultural teams spanning many time zones giving our people the chance to work with colleagues from all over the world.