Community Engineer (multiple roles and… at Jobgether · South…

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Community Engineer (multiple roles and seniority levels) based in South Africa.

This role offers the opportunity to shape and scale global open source communities that power some of the most widely used Linux-based technologies in the world. You will act as a bridge between developers, contributors, and engineering teams, ensuring that community-driven initiatives are effectively aligned with broader technical roadmaps. The role blends technical understanding with community leadership, requiring both hands-on engagement with open source ecosystems and strategic program execution. You will contribute to creating meaningful contributor experiences by improving processes, communication channels, and collaboration models. Working in a fully remote, globally distributed environment, you will engage with diverse contributors across time zones and cultures. You will also represent community perspectives internally while helping external contributors succeed in building impactful open source projects. This position is ideal for someone passionate about open source, Linux, and building sustainable, high-impact developer communities.

Accountabilities:

• Lead and support community initiatives by designing, coordinating, and scaling programs that strengthen engagement across open source ecosystems.
  • Act as a liaison between community contributors and internal engineering, product, and developer relations teams to ensure alignment and efficiency.
  • Facilitate contributions by improving workflows, reducing friction, and enabling contributors to successfully deliver technical projects.
  • Produce high-quality written and technical content such as blog posts, updates, and documentation to communicate community progress and initiatives.
  • Engage actively with open source communities across platforms such as forums, chat systems, social channels, and events.
  • Represent the organization and its community at conferences, meetups, and industry events through talks and presentations.
  • Identify and drive opportunities to improve community tooling, processes, and contributor experience at scale.

Requirements:

    - Strong passion for open source software, Linux ecosystems, and collaborative software development.
    - Demonstrated experience engaging with open source communities, with a visible public track record (e.g., GitHub contributions, talks, blog posts, or similar).
    - Strong understanding of developer workflows and experience with tools used in open source development (e.g., version control, CI/CD, packaging, DevOps, or containers).
    - Experience working with or contributing to Linux-based systems, with exposure to Ubuntu or similar distributions preferred.
    - Excellent communication, writing, and presentation skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
    - Strong organizational and program management skills, with the ability to lead cross-functional initiatives independently.
    - Self-motivated, accountable, and comfortable working autonomously in a fully remote, globally distributed environment.
    - Experience in community management, developer advocacy, or software development is highly desirable.
    - Flexibility to travel internationally for in-person events and collaboration sessions.

Benefits:

        - Competitive global compensation aligned with experience, location, and performance.
        - Performance-based annual bonus or commission structure.
        - Annual salary and performance reviews to recognize contributions.
        - Fully remote, distributed work environment with global collaboration.
        - USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget.
        - Generous annual leave plus maternity and paternity leave policies.
        - Employee Assistance Program supporting wellbeing and personal needs.
        - Opportunities to travel internationally for conferences, internal events, and community engagement.
        - Travel benefits including Priority Pass and upgrades for long-haul travel to company events.
        - Recognition programs celebrating impact and contributions across the community and organization.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

Why Apply Through Jobgether?

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