Engineering Manager, MAAS

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 breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office‑based roles.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS (Metal as a Service) is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare‑metal infrastructure, putting a cloud‑style on‑demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. You will lead high‑quality software development teams, with deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage and data center networking capabilities.

The Canonical MAAS team delivers our Metal As A Service (MAAS) hyperscale provisioning technology. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go, spanning from hardware detection and provisioning to the upper‑level management web interface, API, and CLI. MAAS engineers are fluent across all layers and anticipate the consequences of design choices in a complex distributed system.

Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will lead, challenge, and develop engineers, positively influence team and company culture, facilitate technical delivery, guide strategy and execution, and collaborate across engineering teams such as cloud‑init, LXD, and public cloud offerings.

This is a work‑from‑anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (Americas, EMEA, etc.)
• Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback and career planning
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate for and advance modern software development practices
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with broader teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners
• Travel to internal and external global events for 4–6 weeks per year

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang, or similar languages
• Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud‑computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and Kubernetes
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Ability to mentor, develop, and support team members
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

• Experience with Typescript using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue
• Data Center infrastructure management and design experience

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – we have been working remotely since 2004!
• 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

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance.

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