Engineering Manager - Web

Canonical; City of Brisbane; Remote; AUD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations

Priority Pass and travel upgrades

Job summary

A leading open-source software provider is seeking a Mid‑Senior level developer to contribute to global software projects. The ideal candidate will have strong web development skills, experience with Typescript, React, or Flutter, and excellent communication abilities in English. This full-time role allows for remote work with travel for company events. Join a diverse team committed to excellence in open-source innovation.

Qualifications

• Knowledgeable and passionate about web and software development.
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
• Drive and a track record of exceeding expectations.
• Professional manner in interactions with colleagues and partners.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to team goals by applying sound engineering principles.
• Estimate work, set goals, and achieve them.
• Design and implement well-tested and documented software.
• Debug and fix issues reported by users.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.

Skills

Web and software development

Soft skills

High-quality Web technologies

Typescript

React

Flutter

Professional English communication

Linux (Debian or Ubuntu)

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

LXD

Docker

REST API design

Job description

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is 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 globally distributed collaboration, with 1100+ 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.

Location

This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

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

Qualifications

• You are knowledgeable and passionate about web and software development
• You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated
• An 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
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• Well‑organised, self‑starting and able to deliver to schedule
• Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
• Experience designing and writing high‑quality Web technologies
• Experience with and passion for Typescript, React or Flutter
• An eye for accessibility and performance
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self‑motivation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice‑to‑have Skills

• Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and
• Experience building and maintaining a talented team
• REST API design, development and governance
• Performance engineering and security experience

What we offer

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewardsAnnual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
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• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

About Canonical

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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.

Seniority level

Mid‑Senior level

Employment type

Full‑time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development