Engineering Manager - App Stores

Engineering Manager - App Stores

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. We are a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries, many working remotely.

This technical management role leads a team that develops Python and Golang micro‑services powering our global software distribution engine, the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. You will guide the team through clean APIs, high‑velocity delivery against an agile plan, and robust testing to scale a highly‑available SaaS product. You will also collaborate with Canonical’s security team to deliver this capability safely to our customers worldwide.

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.
• Act as an active participant in the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation.
• With your team, build 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 fostering a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values.
• Demonstrated experience acting as a role‑model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing to team goals.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
• Track record of mentoring, developing and growing people.
• Strong knowledge and passion for software development.
• Focus on success and timely delivery of high‑quality software.
• Commitment to agile development methodologies.
• Software development experience in Python (experience in Golang is a plus).
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Practical experience with Linux system administration.

Your base pay will depend on geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to competitive base pay, certain roles may be eligible for additional benefits and rewards, including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity across the 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 travel upgrades for 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, we are changing the world of software. We recruit globally and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

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

• Mid‑Senior level

• Full‑time

• Engineering and Information Technology

• Software Development