Engineering Manager

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 ca...

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