Software Engineering Manager (Backend SaaS)

Canonical; City of Moncton; Remote; CAD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A technology leader in open source solutions is seeking an Engineering Manager in Moncton to lead the development of their Landscape systems management solution for Ubuntu. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software development, particularly with Python or Golang, and experience in mentoring engineers. This role allows for a distributed work environment with global travel opportunities. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse workplace.

Benefits

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Recognition rewards

Wellness platform and assistance program

Qualifications

• Proven ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Strong background in software development and agile practices.
• Experience with Python or Golang.

Responsibilities

• Lead and build a diverse engineering team.
• Ensure delivery of high-quality software solutions.
• Manage collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.

Skills

Mentoring

Software Development

Agile Methodologies

Effective Communication

Linux System Administration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Python

Golang

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 leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person at locations around the world to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring an engineering manager to lead the reboot of our Landscape systems management solution for Ubuntu.

Ubuntu is growing rapidly in the enterprise, with estates expanding from cloud, to bare metal servers, to vSphere clusters, and to desktops and devices. Ubuntu is easy to deploy and configure, one node at a time, but it is challenging to know policy and compliance, patch management, or access control across a large estate. Ubuntu has become an official platform for many companies, and enterprises want a high quality way to manage their Ubuntu estates.

We started work on Landscape years ago, and the current generation reflects past choices. We now have an opportunity to invest in a team to bring a fresh vision for large-scale Ubuntu estate management. This role is the critical engineering leadership role for that mission.

Today we use Python, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, HAProxy, and a ReactJS front end. In other web services projects we use more Golang. Our next wave of Landscape engineering aims to raise the bar on SAAS and on‑prem solution technologies, architectures, patterns, and operations. Our goal is to enable enterprises to own a few Landscape instances that serve their global estate and to apply policy and understand, globally, where they stand in a complex world of mixed Ubuntu versions, substrates, and flavours.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of engineers in your region
• 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
• Work from home with global travel 4–6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Valued Skills And Experience

• You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
• You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Software development experience in Python or Golang
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with Linux system administration

What we offer colleagues

• 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 rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• 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 high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our 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 create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.