Engineering Manager

About the Company

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.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• 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

Requirements

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
• Experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers
• Advanced expertise in a software engineering domain
• Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events

Preferred Qualifications

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

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
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events