Engineering Manager - Public Cloud

About the role

Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on optimizing Ubuntu for public cloud infrastructure. You will manage a team of engineers, facilitating technical delivery and professional growth while collaborating with major cloud partners like Amazon, Microsoft, and Google. The role requires a balance of hands-on technical leadership in Python or Golang and effective people management to ensure high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team’s goals
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Lead modern, agile software development practices
• Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners

Required skills

• Python
• Golang
• Software development
• Agile development
• Cloud infrastructure
• Microsoft Azure
• Google Cloud
• AWS
• People management
• Technical leadership

Qualifications

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

Benefits

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Performance-driven annual bonus
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program
• Wellness Platform
• Travel opportunities
• 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 a leader in public cloud, data science, AI, and IoT, with a distributed workforce of over 1200 colleagues across 75+ countries.