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Ubuntu Engineering Manager

Canonical via Canonical
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Remote (Worldwide)
Type
Full Time
Deadline
30 Oct 2026
7 days left
Job Description
  • Canonical is hiring engineering leaders (Managers and Senior Managers) for its Ubuntu Engineering organisation, who stay technical while owning their teams' growth and delivery.
  • Leading their teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
  • Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
  • Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
  • Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
  • Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
  • Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
  • Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
  • Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects
  • Authoring and improving technical and community documentation
Requirements
  • 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
  • Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
  • Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
  • A 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 a personal drive to meet commitments
  • Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
  • Nice to have: Experience managing technical teams
  • Nice to have: Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
  • Nice to have: Experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
  • Nice to have: Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
  • Nice to have: Performance or Security Engineering experience
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Posted10 Oct 2026
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