Engineering Manager - Web

About the role

Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead web engineering teams in delivering reliable and scalable user experiences for Ubuntu products. The role focuses on supporting team growth, facilitating technical delivery, and driving strategy and execution. You will work collaboratively across the organization to ensure high-quality software development and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing to your team’s goals
• Estimate work, set goals, and meet them
• Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter
• Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
• Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
• Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team
• Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

Required skills

• Web development
• Typescript
• React
• Flutter
• Linux
• Accessibility
• Performance engineering

Nice to have

• LXD
• Docker
• Kubernetes
• REST API design

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM
• Compelling narrative about your alternative path

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• 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 operates as a globally distributed organization with over 1100 colleagues in 75+ countries.