Engineering Manager - App Stores

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is founder‑led, profitable and growing, with 1,200+ colleagues globally and a very flexible remote‑first culture.

This is a technical management role to lead a team that develops Python and Golang micro‑services powering our global software distribution engine – the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. The role offers the opportunity to work on a highly scalable SaaS product, learn from our world‑class security team and contribute to an open‑source ecosystem.

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.
• 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 forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values.
• Demonstrated role‑model experience of sound engineering principles and direct contribution to team goals.
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events.
• Track record of mentoring, developing and growing people.
• Strong knowledge and passion for software development.
• Focused on successful, 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.

• Fully remote working environment.
• Personal learning and development budget of $2,000 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. Our culture emphasizes high standards, continuous learning and collaboration. We are proud to be an equal‑opportunity employer and foster a workplace free from discrimination.