Engineering Manager, MAAS

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 across many sectors. The company pioneers global distributed collaboration, with over 1,200 colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office‑based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

Role overview

Engineering Manager for the MAAS (Metal as a Service) team. MAAS provides a cloud‑style on‑demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage, transforming bare‑metal infrastructure into a scalable, cloud‑ready platform. The team delivers the Metal As A Service hyperscale provisioning technology written in Python and Go, spanning from low‑level hardware detection to the upper‑level management web interface, API, and CLI.

Location
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Work‑from‑anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas

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

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science
• 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 personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

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

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – remote work 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

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We 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.