Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager; Americas

Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager (Americas only)

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. We are hiring an Embedded Linux Field Engineering Manager to lead a regionally‑focused team of Field Engineers in Presales and Professional Services activities, helping customers with solution architecture, design and delivery.

Location: Remote. You will manage a team in one of three geographies:
Americas, EMEA or APAC. You must be located within the chosen region.

Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services
• Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
• Work remotely in a single major time zone
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

Qualifications:

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
• Extensive embedded Linux experience – Yocto or other
• Extensive Linux experience – Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• Fluency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++, or Rust
• Experience managing a small team
• Experience with customer engagements
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to communicate the business benefits of technology
• Humble learner and quick study

Desired traits:

• RTOS experience
• Additional programming languages
• Additional human languages
• Previous experience working in a remote‑first, diverse, distributed company

What we offer you:

• 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

About Canonical: Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.