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INTRODUCTION
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring a software architect for Canonical LXD and MicroCloud. Our goal is to make clusters of compute, with system containers or virtual machines, "just work". It should be trivial to stand up a small cloud using one, two or twenty servers. This is a challenging exercise in distributed systems, virtualisation, container technology, networking and storage. As with the Ubuntu desktop, our goal is to make it easy and to make it reliable for people to focus on the things that really matter to them rather than the OS and infrastructure. LXD is a modern Golang system container and virtual machine orchestrator widely used on Ubuntu, ChromeOS and other Linux platforms. LXD engineering spans the entire software stack from low-level kernel work on namespaces, confinement, security, filesystems, VMMs and networking, to the high level management REST API and CLI.
As a software architect, you will drive the architecture, design and evolution of LXD, and also Canonical MicroCloud which combines LXD with Ceph and OVN to make a lean, easy to use and resilient cluster-scale cloud infrastructure. We are looking for an outstanding software architect and engineer with experience in Golang and C, with the leadership qualities needed to rally a team to ship outstanding products. Knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure offerings, their APIs and their underlying technologies is a must. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on modern cloud computing technologies. Canonical offers a fun, fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and development.
LOCATION
This is a home-based position available in EMEA and the Americas.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leadership of the LXD and MicroCloud architecture
- Mentor, develop and advise colleagues in their career progression
- Develop in Golang and C
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Ensure the product is secure and performant
- Display technical leadership in Canonical and our communities
- Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
- Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace
- Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience with Go and C
- Experience with storage, networking and virtualization
- Experience with container technologies
- Experience with concurrent, distributed systems
- Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
- 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
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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 our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
INTRODUCTION
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring a software architect for Canonical LXD and MicroCloud. Our goal is to make clusters of compute, with system containers or virtual machines, "just work". It should be trivial to stand up a small cloud using one, two or twenty servers. This is a challenging exercise in distributed systems, virtualisation, container technology, networking and storage. As with the Ubuntu desktop, our goal is to make it easy and to make it reliable for people to focus on the things that really matter to them rather than the OS and infrastructure. LXD is a modern Golang system container and virtual machine orchestrator widely used on Ubuntu, ChromeOS and other Linux platforms. LXD engineering spans the entire software stack from low-level kernel work on namespaces, confinement, security, filesystems, VMMs and networking, to the high level management REST API and CLI.
As a software architect, you will drive the architecture, design and evolution of LXD, and also Canonical MicroCloud which combines LXD with Ceph and OVN to make a lean, easy to use and resilient cluster-scale cloud infrastructure. We are looking for an outstanding software architect and engineer with experience in Golang and C, with the leadership qualities needed to rally a team to ship outstanding products. Knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure offerings, their APIs and their underlying technologies is a must. This is an opportunity for someone who wants to have a meaningful impact on modern cloud computing technologies. Canonical offers a fun, fast-paced team environment and a career full of learning and development.
LOCATION
This is a home-based position available in EMEA and the Americas.
ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Leadership of the LXD and MicroCloud architecture
- Mentor, develop and advise colleagues in their career progression
- Develop in Golang and C
- Review code produced by other engineers
- Ensure the product is secure and performant
- Display technical leadership in Canonical and our communities
- Work from home with global travel twice annually for company events
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
- Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Technical leadership as well as team motivation, direction and pace
- Well-organized, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
- Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Experience with Go and C
- Experience with storage, networking and virtualization
- Experience with container technologies
- Experience with concurrent, distributed systems
- Conscientiousness and detail orientation, with a focus on performance
- Professional written and spoken English
- Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.
- 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
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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 our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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Who's Hiring
- Speechify75
- Pinterest10
- Abbott4
- Nvidia3
- Palo Alto Networks3
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software102
- Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals8
- Banking & Financial Services3
- Healthcare & Medical Services3
- Manufacturing2
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote software architect jobs.
- 8+ years of software engineering experience with at least 3 in an architecture or technical lead role
- Demonstrated expertise designing distributed systems, microservices, or cloud-native applications at scale
- Proficiency with at least one major cloud platform such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud
- Strong command of architectural patterns including event-driven design, domain-driven design, and API strategy
- Experience producing architecture documentation and presenting technical decisions to executive stakeholders
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, software engineering, or a related technical field
Tips for Your Remote Software Architect Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote software architect openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your stack and seniority level and apply directly without sorting through mixed location listings.
Show async leadership in your portfolio
Remote engineering teams need architects who lead through documentation, not hallway conversations. Publish architecture decision records, system design writeups, or RFC-style documents you've authored to demonstrate you can align distributed teams through clear written communication.
Target remote-first companies specifically
Remote-first firms build processes around distributed work from day one, meaning a remote software architect integrates naturally instead of adapting to an office-centric culture. Look for companies that publish async-first engineering blogs, use tools like Notion for technical decision tracking, and have engineering leadership distributed across time zones.
Prepare for distributed system design interviews
Remote software architect interviews frequently focus on distributed systems, API design, and cloud-native architecture decisions made without real-time collaboration. Practice articulating trade-offs in writing and whiteboarding tools like Excalidraw or Miro, since remote interviewers often run system design sessions asynchronously or over video with shared canvases.
Audit your remote collaboration tool depth
Remote employers screen software architects on hands-on experience with tools that power distributed engineering workflows. Deep familiarity with Confluence for architecture documentation, GitHub for async code review leadership, and cloud platforms like AWS or Azure signals you can operate effectively without in-person coordination.
Remote Software Architect Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote software architect job?
Remote software architect roles go to candidates who can demonstrate strong async communication, independent technical decision-making, and the ability to lead distributed engineering teams without in-person oversight. Remote employers screen heavily for clear written documentation, experience with tools like Confluence, Jira, and Slack, and a portfolio of architecture decisions you owned end-to-end. Candidates who show they can align distributed teams around technical strategy have a clear edge.
Which companies hire remote software architects?
Employers currently hiring remote software architects include Speechify, Pinterest, and Abbott, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. Remote-first technology companies, distributed SaaS teams, and cloud-native fintech and healthcare technology firms make up the majority of employers hiring software architects fully remotely.
Can you get a remote software architect job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry paths are narrower because remote software architect roles require strong self-direction from day one. Early-career candidates have the most success at remote-first startups and smaller distributed teams that value portfolio work, open-source architecture contributions, and demonstrated system design thinking over years of employment. Documenting architecture decisions you made in personal or volunteer projects gives remote employers something concrete to evaluate.
Do you need a degree for remote software architect jobs?
Not always. Remote employers for software architect roles weigh demonstrated system design ability, hands-on engineering depth, and a record of technical leadership more heavily than a specific credential. A strong portfolio of architecture diagrams, design documents, and shipped systems often carries more weight than a degree, particularly at remote-first companies and distributed product teams that evaluate candidates on output.
Which industries hire the most remote software architects?
Most remote software architect openings sit in Technology & Software, Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals, and Banking & Financial Services, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of June 2026. These sectors rely on distributed engineering teams building complex, scalable systems, which makes remote software architect hiring a natural fit across their organizations.
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