Job Description & How to Apply Below
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 to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable and growing.
Canonical's product management team are technologists who deliver products and solutions that help shape market demands while elevating open source software. This is an application track for a product management position at Canonical for Networking. Apply here if you excel at leadership, communication, and technical vision, and believe you can drive product strategy for the business needs of tomorrow.
Role focus
We are looking for individuals who can help build a thriving open-source community and drive the deployment of Canonical products across a broad range of devices and use cases. This role encompasses leadership of the product and go-to-market in the Smart NIC and ToR switches sector, leveraging Ubuntu, Ubuntu Core, Open Stack, Kubernetes and Juju to address security, device management and orchestration challenges.
Responsibilities Lead Ubuntu and Ubuntu Core integration as the OS of innovative Smart NIC products
Shape the development roadmap for Smart NIC and ToR switches features and support
Engage with the Smart NIC and ToR switches ecosystem and leading customers
Enable commercial success and lead product direction
Drive go-to-market strategy and execution
Oversee the product lifecycle from conception to delivery, ensuring alignment with market demands
This role requires an analytical storyteller with a strong message, and an understanding of challenges in leveraging Smart NIC and ToR technologies with Linux. We prefer experienced professionals with software engineering management experience who want to become business executives and entrepreneurs to define product strategy and drive engagement.
What we are looking for in you Exceptional academic results at high school and university
Understanding of Linux and the wider open source software community
Passion to write about technologies and the tech landscapeA strong work ethic with interests aligned to the open source movement
For senior positions, product management experience in the software industry
Deep understanding of hyperscale and enterprise data centre architecture and challenges related to high parallelism workloads (HPC, AI and Big Data)
Strong knowledge of network protocols and their implementation at hardware, kernel and library levels
Understanding of computer architectures: x86, ARM, RISC-VFamiliarity with Smart NIC and ToR software, standards and the market, including trends, ODMs, silicon providers, cloud service providers and other key players
Experience with Linux networking distributions and packages such as SONiC, DENT, FRRouting, VyOS, ONL, or Cumulus Practical experience with large-scale network design, implementation and operation
Curiosity and a habit of continuous learningA strong sense of ownership, problem solving and the ability to innovate
Excellent communication skills in English (verbal and written)
Ability to travel internationally up to 4 times a year for company events (up to two weeks per trip)
Nice-to-have skills
Familiarity with particular verticals (e.g., Telco, Finance, Industrial, Automotive)
Familiarity with the technology ecosystem including Silicon, IHV, ISV, ODM/OEMs, cloud service providers and channel
Familiarity with cloud-native technologies such as Kubernetes, Docker containers and Snaps Familiarity with embedded and connected device technology and ecosystems
What we offer you Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year Annual…
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