Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.
We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead one of our teams that works closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world‑class cloud partners to optimise Ubuntu for their infrastructure. The team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate.
As an engineering manager you bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will represent the team in direct partner engagement, maintaining stability and functionality that our cloud users expect, and automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products for all modern workloads from web servers to GPU‑aided AI for servers, VMs and containers.
Your open‑source philosophy and leadership talent will foster a collaborative culture and help engineers grow.
Role Entails
- Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
- Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands‑on career development
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
- Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management and external stakeholders
- Lead modern, agile software development practices
- Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
- Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
- Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
- Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open‑source community and commercial partners
- Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events
What we are looking for
- You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing so
- You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
- You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high‑quality software
- You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
- You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree
- Software development experience in Python or Golang
- Effective written and verbal communication skills
- Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS
What we offer
- Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of $2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
- 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; to succeed, we must be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical work from home since 2004.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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