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Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution. It is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.
This is a technical management role to lead a team that develops Python and Golang micro‑services powering the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces – a unified system that understands key concepts in software distribution, such as releases, betas, release candidates, stable releases, and branches. By expanding the range of software the system can deliver, the team will transform the experience people worldwide have with open source software.
As Engineering Manager, you will be technically strong and must run an effective team, develop your colleagues, and ensure they ship reliable software on an agile plan. Your responsibilities include reviewing and developing code, setting expectations, maintaining a collaborative culture, and fostering professional and personal growth for the team.
You will collaborate closely with other Engineering Managers, product managers, and architects to produce an engineering roadmap with ambitious yet achievable goals.
Location :
The role may be based remotely in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, or Africa time zones.
What your day will look like
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
What we are looking for in you
Good experience in leading modern, agile software development practices
Experience in forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
Demonstrative experience of being a role model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing toward your team's goals
Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events
Love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
Focused on success and the timely delivery of high‑quality software
Value and nurture great team culture and spirit
Experienced and committed to agile development methodologies
Software development experience in Python (experience in Golang a big plus)
Effective written and verbal communication skills
Practical experience with Linux system administration
What we offer you
Your base pay will depend on various factors including geographical location, level of experience, knowledge, and skills. Certain roles are eligible for additional benefits and rewards such as annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy ensures equity across our global workforce.
In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with benefits reflecting our values and ideals. Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location.
Fully remote working environment – we've been working remotely since 2004!
Personal learning and development budget of USD 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. As the publisher of Ubuntu, one of the most…
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