Engineering Manager, MAAS

Engineering Manager, MAAS role at Canonical

Canon 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. The company is 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 at interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The Canonical MAAS team delivers Metal as a Service (MAAS) hyperscale provisioning technology. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go, spanning the entire software stack from low level hardware detection and provisioning to the upper level management web interface, API, and CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent in all these layers and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission 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.

Location: Work from anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (we organise engineering teams by Americas, EMEA, etc.)
• Develop talent 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 to 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 K8s
• 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

• Typescript 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
• 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.