Software Platform Engineering Manager - Ubuntu -Gen Silicon

Software Platform Engineering Manager - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon
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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 very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring engineering managers who are passionate about operational systems, open source technologies and cutting‑edge hardware to lead engineering teams to enable and optimize Ubuntu for the latest x86, ARM, RISC‑V, s390x and POWER systems.

We partner with the world's leading silicon vendors to optimise Ubuntu on their latest platforms. We integrate next‑generation features and performance enhancements in Ubuntu while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

Engineering managers should be outstanding developers themselves. They should be completely at home reviewing a patch or a software design spec. You will be expected to drive healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality and performance optimisations as well as lead your team to deliver high‑quality design and code.

An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team and product from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.

You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Location:

This is a globally remote role. We have open positions in every time zone.

What your day will look like

Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior

Oversee commercial engagements and support timely delivery on agreed project milestones

Participate as technical lead on complex customer engagements involving complete system architectures

Implement disciplined engineering processes

Integrate and maintain platform‑oriented software stacks

Optimize Ubuntu for latest hardware platforms

Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities

Contribute to code reviews and technical documentation

Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

What we are looking for in you

Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path

Fluency in C, C++, and Python

Experience with Linux and operational systems software (e.g. kernel or user space)

Experience with Debian/Ubuntu or other distro packaging

Experience leading software engineering teams

Professional written and spoken English

Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation

Thoughtfulness, and self‑motivation

Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments

Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice‑to‑have skills

Experience working with open source communities and licenses

Computer architecture knowledge of x86, ARM, RISC‑V or s390x

Understanding of build systems and tool chains, including for cross‑compilation

Experience working with customers

Experience with board bring‑up and validation

Experience with Linux virtualization, networking or graphics stacks

Experience with one or more of the following

Experience with Docker/OCI containers/K8s

Experience with confidential computing, RDMA, Infiniband and high performance computing

Performance engineering, benchmarking and profiling

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