Engineering Manager – Ubuntu Core

September 27

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Canonical

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Open Source • Cloud • AI

Canonical is the company behind Ubuntu, the world's most popular open-source operating system, which provides fast, modern, and secure Linux solutions for desktops, servers, and cloud environments. They offer a comprehensive set of products and services, including Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, cloud solutions such as OpenStack, and tools for managing containerized applications with Kubernetes. Canonical focuses on making open-source technology reliable and accessible across various industries, from IoT and AI to enterprise infrastructure.

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2004

📋 Description

• Lead a team of software developers to design and implement Ubuntu Core system software on various CPU architectures (ARM, RISC-V, x86) • Meet stakeholders, prioritize requests, plan the roadmap and ensure the team can deliver their goals • Build and lead a distributed team through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and career development • Directly contribute to team goals demonstrating sound engineering principles • Coach and mentor team members with hands-on career development • Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders • Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and evangelize engineering and organizational practices • Contribute to a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values • Actively participate in the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation • Influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution

🎯 Requirements

• Demonstrated competencies in embedded software development • Strong skills in Golang, C++ and Shell • A solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred • Love for developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it • Demonstrated ability of planning and executing to deliver high quality software in a timely manner • Solid experience working in an agile development environment • Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university • Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path • Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills • People management experience (hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and career development) • Nice-to-have: Familiarity with an immutable Linux distribution, preferably Ubuntu Core • Nice-to-have: Experience with multiple CPU architectures such as ARM, RISC-V • Nice-to-have: Experience with Linux native containerization and security

🏖️ Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year • Annual compensation review • Performance-driven annual bonus or commission • 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