Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass Job Jeddah Saudi Arabia,Software Development

Software Engineering Manager – Cross‑platform C++ – Multipass

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.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead Multipass, the workstation mini‑cloud at your fingertips. Multipass is available for macOS, Windows and Linux. With “multipass launch” you can spin up a new VM on your workstation. The goal is not to be a full cloud, but to give developers a local cloud experience on their workstation, which they can use to run builds in the background, test cloud appliances, or try their own cloud deployments and cloud‑init scripts, free of charge.

People sometimes use it as a build farm on a shared server.

Role Responsibilities

Lead a team of remote engineers
Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands‑on career development
Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management and external stakeholders
Advocate and advance modern software development practices
Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners
Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

What we’re looking for

You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it
You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high‑quality software
You have a bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or a similar degree
You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills
Expertise in modern C++ development
Cross‑platform development experience on macOS and/or Windows
Knowledge of hypervisor technologies such as Hyper‑V, Virtual Box and KVM
Open‑source experience and involvement

What we offer

Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
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

Location:

Remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Engineering and Information Technology / Software Development

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.

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