Engineering Manager - App Stores

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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 cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT initiatives. Canonical’s customers include top public‑cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global collaboration, with 1,200+ colleagues across 75+ countries, and employs remote work as the default.

Teams meet two to four times a year in person to align strategy and execution.

This technical management role will lead a team of Python and Golang micro‑services that power our global software distribution engine—known publicly as the Snap Store and Charmhub.io. The system is a unified marketplace that manages software releases, betas, stable releases, and branches. The manager will drive the transition to a high‑scale SaaS experience, ensuring reliable, performant delivery while collaborating with Canonical’s security team.

The Engineering Manager must be technically strong, a capable leader, and focus on building an effective, high‑performing team. Code reviews, architectural leadership, documentation, and performance optimisation are core responsibilities. The manager will coach, mentor and develop engineers, foster a productive culture, and maintain high standards of engineering practice.

This role may be based remotely in the Americas, Europe, Middle East or Africa time zones.

• Lead a remote team of engineers in your time zone
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands‑on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• Create clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python and optionally Golang
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, the open‑source community and commercial partners

• Good experience leading modern, agile software development practices
• Experience forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values
• Demonstrated ability to model sound engineering principles and directly contribute to the team’s goals
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
• Track record of mentoring, developing and growing people
• Passion and expertise in software development
• Focus on success and timely delivery of high‑quality software
• Commitment to nurturing great team culture and spirit
• Experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• Python development experience (Golang experience is a plus)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with Linux system administration

Your base pay will depend on various factors such as geographical location, experience, knowledge, and skills. In addition to a competitive base salary, certain roles may receive annual bonuses and performance‑based incentives for revenue or utilisation. Canonical’s compensation philosophy ensures equity across its global workforce.

• Fully remote working environment
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
• Priority Pass for travel and long‑haul company events

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, Canonical is changing the world of software. We recruit globally and set a very high standard for new hires. Most colleagues work from home since 2004, and the environment challenges employees to think differently, work smarter, and grow.

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, your application will receive fair consideration.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Engineering and Information Technology

Software Development