Software Engineering Manager - Container and Virtualisation Infrastructure

About the role

Canonical is seeking an engineering manager to lead a team focused on next-generation private cloud infrastructure, including KVM, Ceph, and SDN technologies. The role involves managing a remote team, fostering professional growth, and facilitating technical delivery within a complex distributed systems environment. You will balance technical leadership with people management to ensure high-quality software delivery and team success.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners

Required skills

• Linux
• Cloud computing
• Networking
• Storage
• Containers
• Kubernetes
• C
• Go
• Distributed systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, STEM or similar field
• Equivalent practical experience

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Priority Pass
• Travel upgrades

About the Company

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source and the publisher of Ubuntu. The company is founder-led, profitable, and a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with over 1200 colleagues in 75+ countries.