Engineering Manager, MAAS

Canonical; Bogotá; Híbrido; COP 140.000.000 - 230.000.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

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

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

An opportunity to travel to new locations

Maternity and paternity leave

Descripción de la vacante

A leading open-source software provider is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead the MAAS team in Bogotá. This role involves managing a distributed team, driving innovation in data center technology, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. Candidates should have a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, experience with Python and Golang, and a background in Linux administration. The position offers a remote work environment with opportunities for travel and personal development budget.

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and a background in Computer Science.
• Proven experience delivering software using Python or Golang.
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
• Familiarity with Linux cloud tech: networking, storage, containers, K8s.
• Professional English (spoken and written).
• Experience with agile software development.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Willingness to travel internationally twice a year.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone.
• Talent development through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
• Set expectations with other engineering teams and management.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.
• Engage with broader teams and the open-source community.
• Travel for internal and external global events.
• Travel to internal/external events for 4–6 weeks per year.

Conocimientos

Software delivery using Python

Golang

Linux system administration

Understanding of complex distributed systems

Agile software development

Mentoring and development of team members

Professional written and spoken English

English communication

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Herramientas

Linux (Debian or Ubuntu)

Descripción del empleo

Engineering Manager – MAAS

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 global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS ("Metal as a Service") is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare-metal infrastructure, putting a cloud‑style on‑demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. We're hiring engineering managers with experience in high‑quality software development and high‑performance team leadership who also have deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage and data center networking capabilities.

The Canonical MAAS team is responsible for delivering our Metal As A Service (MAAS) hyperscale provisioning technology. Ubuntu strives to be the most scalable, cloud‑ready server distribution and MAAS is our platform to get Ubuntu on bare metal servers. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go. Its components span the entire stack: from low‑level hardware detection and provisioning, to the upper‑level management web interface, API, and CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent in all these layers and able to anticipate the consequences of design choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system.

Canonical is seeking passionate technical leaders who are eager to drive innovation in one of Canonical’s flagship data center products. You will play a key role in reshaping the future of data center technology through open source management platforms. MAAS aims to revolutionize data center management at scale, from day‑zero deployment to long‑term expansion and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (we organise engineering teams by Americas, EMEA etc).
• Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback and career planning.
• 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 broader teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners.
• Travel to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) and a background in Computer Science.
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang, or similar languages.
• Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and K8s.
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to mentor, develop, and support team members.
• Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Nice-to-have skills

• Typescript using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue.
• Data Center infrastructure management and design.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – we've been working remotely since 2004!
• 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 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 – 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.