Ubuntu Engineering Lead

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop high-performing engineering teams across Ubuntu Engineering
• Drive technical roadmap, planning, estimation, and execution for your team
• Design, build, and ship high-quality, performant software in Rust, Go, and Python
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles through architecture, development, and code reviews
• Work with product management to define vision and strategy for Ubuntu
• Coach, mentor, and provide technical feedback to engineers
• Contribute to upstream and neighboring open source projects
• Optimize Ubuntu for performance, reliability, and security
• Debug complex system-level issues and deliver robust solutions
• Author and improve technical and community documentation

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or compelling alternative path
• Proven ability to drive and deliver technical work streams beyond expectations
• Experience leading and coaching others to deliver exceptional engineering work
• Demonstrated passion for open source software
• Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter, or C/C++
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Result-oriented with personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year for company events up to two weeks each

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
• Experience with Linux distributions and distribution engineering
• Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
• Performance or Security Engineering 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 and performance-driven bonus
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Travel opportunities to meet colleagues globally
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, Canonical recruits on a global basis and sets a very high standard for people joining the company. The company has been remote-first since its inception in 2004.