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 distributed team of engineers, fostering their professional growth, and ensuring the delivery of high-quality software. You will balance technical leadership with people management, contributing to strategy and execution while maintaining a focus on modern software development practices.

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
• Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Required skills

• Linux
• Cloud computing
• Networking
• Storage
• Containers
• Kubernetes
• C
• Go
• Technical communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

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. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.