Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass

Canonical; Frankfurt; Remote; EUR 80.000 - 110.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

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

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Zusammenfassung

A leading open-source software company is looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead a team of remote engineers in Frankfurt, Germany. You will be responsible for developing talent and delivering high-quality software. The ideal candidate will have expertise in modern C++ development and experience in cross-platform environments. This remote position offers a dynamic work environment, with opportunities for travel and personal growth, as well as a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifikationen

• Demonstrated strong track record in developing and growing engineers.
• Focus on delivering high quality software on time.
• Experience with open source contributions.

Aufgaben

• Lead a team of remote engineers effectively.
• Advocate for modern software development practices.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.

Kenntnisse

C++ expertise

Cross-platform development

Strong communication skills

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Hypervisor technologies (Hyper-V, VirtualBox, KVM)

Jobbeschreibung

Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass

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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, including 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 and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead Multipass, the workstation mini-cloud. Multipass is published for macOS, Windows, and Linux. At its simplest you can say multipass launch and you will get a new VM on your workstation. The goal is to provide developers a local cloud experience on their workstation to run builds in the background, test cloud deployments and cloud-init scripts, or use it as a build farm on a shared server, free of charge.

As an engineering manager at Canonical you will have a solid technical background, but your responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage. You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, deliver outstanding results, and work well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites. You will lead, challenge, and develop engineers, positively influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. The successful candidate will have experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams and the ability to solve challenging problems.

Location: This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

The role entails

• Lead a team of remote engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• 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 teams at Canonical, the open source community and partners
• Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

• You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it
• You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills
• Expertise in modern C++ development
• Cross-platform development experience on macOS and/or Windows
• Knowledge of hypervisor technologies such as Hyper-V, VirtualBox, and KVM
• Open source experience and involvement

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
• 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.

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.