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Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Posted 3 days ago

Location: Dubai, AE

Level: Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Summary

As an Engineering Manager at Canonical, you will lead teams, optimize Ubuntu for cloud, and ensure strong engineering practices. You will work with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and more.

Description

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud. We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other world-class cloud partners to optimize Ubuntu for their infrastructure.

As an engineering manager, you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will represent the team in direct partner engagement and be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

Your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development are essential. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture, and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. The commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality, and performance optimization are equally important technical responsibilities.

What you'll do

1. Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
2. Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
3. Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
4. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
5. Lead modern, agile software development practices
6. Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
7. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization
8. Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing, and publication pipelines
9. Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
10. Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Who you are

1. You love to mentor, develop, and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
2. You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
3. You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high-quality software
4. You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
5. You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degree
6. Software development experience in Python or Golang
7. Effective written and verbal communication skills
8. Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS

What we offer you

1. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
2. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
3. Annual compensation review
4. Recognition rewards
5. Annual holiday leave
6. Maternity and paternity leave
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
9. 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004.

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.

Dubai, AE

Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Summary

Join Canonical as an engineering manager to lead teams, optimize Ubuntu cloud images, and enhance engineering culture. Must have Python or Golang experience.

Description

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud. We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to optimise Ubuntu for their infrastructure. Our goal is to celebrate and enable their particular points of differentiation on their clouds, while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

As an engineering manager you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will also need to represent the team in direct partner engagement. You'll be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users have come to expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

As an engineering manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers , technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you're able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. As a manager, the commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality and performance optimisation are equally important technical responsibilities, as is the requirement for fair and clear management, and the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

What you'll do
- 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

Who you are
- You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
- 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 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 you
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. 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 on a daily basis. 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.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.

Interested?

Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Posted 2 days ago

Dubai, AE

Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Full Job Description

Summary

Canonical seeks an engineering manager for Ubuntu cloud images, requiring skills in tech leadership, Python/Golang, and team management with a focus on agile practices and collaboration.

Description

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud.

We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to optimise Ubuntu for their infrastructure. Our goal is to celebrate and enable their particular points of differentiation on their clouds, while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

As an engineering manager, you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will also need to represent the team in direct partner engagement. You'll be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users have come to expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

As an engineering manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you're able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture, and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. As manager, the commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality, and performance optimisation are equally important technical responsibilities, as is the requirement for fair and clear management, and the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

What you'll do

1. Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
2. Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
3. Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
4. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
5. Lead modern, agile software development practices
6. Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
7. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
8. Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
9. Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
10. Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Who you are

1. You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
2. You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
3. You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
4. You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
5. You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
6. Software development experience in Python or Golang
7. Effective written and verbal communication skills
8. Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS

What we offer you

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. 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.

1. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
2. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
3. Annual compensation review
4. Recognition rewards
5. Annual holiday leave
6. Maternity and paternity leave
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
9. 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.

Engineering Manager role to lead a Python/Kubernetes team, innovate IS and ops technology, driving Canonical's transition to a new open-source codebase; requires tech leadership and devops expertise.

Description

This is an Engineering Manager role, focused on a new generation of ops technology, to run a team that works in Python on Kubernetes.

Our mission is to reinvent the way people run software - on public clouds and in their own data centres. To achieve that we are building a new community around Python opscode for open source applications, running on Kubernetes. We want to move all of Canonical and Ubuntu IS onto this new, open source codebase.

This is a cutting-edge opportunity for a technical leader passionate about building a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems. We are confident that we can dramatically improve the experience of running complex business operations - and then we can help our customers embrace those new techniques and products.

Traditionally, IS is an inward-facing operation. We would like to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability at Canonical. Our internal workloads are in many cases the same open source workloads that our customers want to operate. This team will productise those workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.

As an engineering manager you'll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet. You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.

What you'll do

1. Lead a team focused on productising business workloads
2. Build and manage a regional team of engineers
3. Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
4. Demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your team's goals
5. Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement
6. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders
7. Advance modern, agile software development practices
8. Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
9. Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
10. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
11. Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events

Who you are

1. Experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations
2. A software engineering background, with proven Python experience
3. Experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIs
4. Love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
5. Interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
6. Passionate about developing and growing people with a track record of doing it
7. Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
8. Experience working in an agile development environment

About Canonical

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

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.

Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Dubai, AE

Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Canonical seeks a Engineering Manager to lead teams, ensure performance, and innovate Ubuntu cloud solutions. Must excel in Python/Golang and agile methodologies.

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud. We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other world-class cloud partners to optimise Ubuntu for their infrastructure. Our goal is to celebrate and enable their particular points of differentiation on their clouds, while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

As an engineering manager, you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will also need to represent the team in direct partner engagement. You'll be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users have come to expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

As an engineering manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you're able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture, and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. As a manager, the commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality, and performance optimisation are equally important technical responsibilities, as is the requirement for fair and clear management, and the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

1. Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
2. Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
3. Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
4. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
5. Lead modern, agile software development practices
6. Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
7. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
8. Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing, and publication pipelines
9. Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
10. Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

1. You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
2. You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
3. You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high-quality software
4. You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
5. You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
6. Software development experience in Python or Golang
7. Effective written and verbal communication skills
8. Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS

1. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
2. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
3. Annual compensation review
4. Recognition rewards
5. Annual holiday leave
6. Maternity and paternity leave
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
9. Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.

Interested?

Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Posted 2 days ago

Location: Dubai, AE

Level: Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Summary

Canonical seeks an engineering manager to lead teams, optimize Ubuntu for cloud partners, and ensure high software quality using Python and Golang.

Description

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud. We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other world-class cloud partners to optimise Ubuntu for their infrastructure.

As an engineering manager, you will bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will represent the team in direct partner engagement and be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

Your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is essential. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture, and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. Commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality, and performance optimisation are equally important as is the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

What you'll do
• 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

Who you are
• You love to mentor, develop, and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
• 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 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 you
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.

Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Dubai, AE

Senior

Salary Range: To be discussed

Canonical seeks an engineering manager to lead, mentor, and ensure Ubuntu image delivery and optimization with cloud partners, focused on quality and team performance.

Canonical Ubuntu is the most widely used OS for public cloud instances across every major public cloud. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud.

We work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to optimize Ubuntu for their infrastructure. Our goal is to celebrate and enable their particular points of differentiation on their clouds, while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

As an engineering manager , you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will also need to represent the team in direct partner engagement. You'll be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users have come to expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

As an engineering manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you're able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang , and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture, and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. As a manager, the commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality, and performance optimization are equally important technical responsibilities, as is the requirement for fair and clear management, and the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

1. Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
2. Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
3. Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
4. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
5. Lead modern, agile software development practices
6. Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
7. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
8. Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing, and publication pipelines
9. Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
10. Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

1. You love to mentor, develop, and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
2. You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
3. You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high-quality software
4. You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
5. You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
6. Software development experience in Python or Golang
7. Effective written and verbal communication skills
8. Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS

1. Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
2. Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
3. Annual compensation review
4. Recognition rewards
5. Annual holiday leave
6. Maternity and paternity leave
7. Employee Assistance Programme
8. Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
9. Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.

Interested?

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This is an Engineering Manager role, focused on a new generation of ops technology, to run a team that works in Python on Kubernetes. Our mission is to reinvent the way people run software - on public clouds and in their own data centres. To achieve that we are building a new community around Python opscode for open source applications, running on Kubernetes.

As an engineering manager, you'll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet. You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing, and documentation. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role.

What you'll do

1. Lead a team focused on productising business workloads.
2. Build and manage a regional team of engineers.
3. Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
4. Demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your team's goals.
5. Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement.
6. Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders.
7. Advance modern, agile software development practices.
8. Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence.
9. Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values.
10. Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization.
11. Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events.

Who you are

1. Experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations.
2. Software engineering background, with proven Python experience.
3. Experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIs.
4. Interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere.
5. Track record of developing and growing people.
6. Knowledgeable and passionate about software development.
7. Experience working in an agile development environment.

About Canonical
Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu.
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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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 75+ 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.
This is a general track for first-level engineering management positions at Canonical.
We believe that open source is just starting to transform the tech sector and enterprise compute. Our goal is to make open source easier, more reliable, and more secure for deployment and development. We strive to be the provider of 'most software to most companies'. To deliver on that ambition, our engineers are carefully selected from the applicants across the globe. We select for brilliance and motivation to take open source to the next level. Our engineering managers help teams achieve more than they realised they could, and feel proud of the result.
We believe that Engineering Managers should be outstanding developers themselves. They should be completely at home reviewing a patch or a software design spec. They are trusted engineers who understand the importance of a whole-team effort in creating great products and who enjoy seeing colleagues develop. They should contribute code themselves to set the standard for coding, but know that the code they write is far less significant than their ability to shape the whole team's direction, focus, and delivery. We grow management skills and train engineers who are interested in soft skills to be managers.
A typical first-level software engineering team is based in a single time zone, such as EMEA or Americas, or APAC, with an Engineering Manager and a Senior Engineer dedicated to a single product, who work as a team to shape the roadmap, technical strategy, code, documentation, and community engagement. They are both capable of coding, and are both leaders comfortable assigning work and maintaining expectations of delivery. They will both be expected to take management training at Canonical so they speak the same language when it comes to team behaviours, habits, routines, norms, and standards, but they focus on different sides of the problem.
An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team and product from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.
We have open manager roles across a wide range of engineering domains, including:

• Python and Golang
• C / C++ / Rust
• Data infrastructure
• HTML / CSS / JavaScript / Typescript / React
• Flutter
• Distro packaging and systems
• SAAS and web microservices
• Kernel
• Servers
• Graphics, Browser and Desktop
• Silicon enablement and embedded devices
• Product Security
  

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
  

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
• Experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers
• Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high-quality results
• Well-organised, self-starting, and able to deliver to schedule
• Professional manner of interacting with colleagues, partners, and the community
• You have advanced expertise in your domain
• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
• You have a demonstrated drive for continual learning
• Builds trust, relationships, and confidence
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
  

• Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• Ops and system administration experience
• Performance engineering and security experience
  

• 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
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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