Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager; Americas

Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager (Americas only)

Apply for the Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager (Americas only) role at Canonical.

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT initiatives. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

We are hiring an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager to lead a regionally‑focused team of Field engineers in Presales and Professional Services activities, helping customers with solution architecture, design and delivery. This is a remote role in one of three Geos (Americas, EMEA, or APAC). You must be located in the geo you will manage.

In this role you will:

• Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services
• Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
• Work remotely in a single major time zone
• 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

What we are looking for in you:

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Extensive embedded Linux experience (Yocto other)
• Extensive Linux experience – Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• Fluency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++, or Rust
• Ability to manage a small team
• Experience with customer engagements
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to communicate the business benefits of technology
• A humble learner and quick study

Other desirable traits include RTOS experience, additional programming languages, additional spoken languages, and previous experience working in a remote‑first, diverse, distributed company.

What we offer you:

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer
. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.