Engineering Manager, MAAS

Canonical; Madrid; A distancia; EUR 75.000 - 95.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Descripción de la vacante

A premier open source technology firm is seeking an Engineering Manager for the MAAS team. This role involves leading a distributed team, offering talent development, and advocating modern software practices. Candidates must have proven experience in Python, Go, and Linux system administration. The position offers a distributed work environment, professional development budget, and various employee benefits. A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related field is required.

Formación

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Proven experience delivering software in Python or Go.
• Familiarity with Linux cloud computing technologies.
• Ability to mentor team members.

Responsabilidades

• Lead a team of engineers in your time zone.
• Talent development through coaching and mentoring.
• Manage expectations with other engineering teams.
• Advocate modern software development practices.
• Engage with the broader open-source community.

Conocimientos

Python

Go

Linux system administration

Agile methodologies

Mentoring and coaching

Networking

Containers

Kubernetes

Educación

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

React

Angular

Svelte

Vue

Descripción del empleo

Engineering Manager, MAAS

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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 such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with over 1200 colleagues in more than 80 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. The company is founder‑led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. 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. MAAS is a rapidly evolving software stack written in Python and Go, spanning low‑level hardware detection and provisioning to upper‑level management web interface, API, and CLI. Canonical’s MAAS team is responsible for delivering this hyperscale provisioning technology.

Our mission is to provide the most scalable, cloud‑ready server distribution and MAAS platform to get Ubuntu on bare‑metal servers. Engineering managers with experience in high‑quality software development, high‑performance team leadership, deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage, and data‑center networking are needed.

Location: This is a work‑from‑anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.

Role Entails

• Leading 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
• Setting and managing expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Being an advocate of, and advancing, modern software development practices
• Participating in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engaging with broader teams at Canonical, the open‑source community and partners
• Travelling to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year

What we are looking for in you

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Go or similar languages
• Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and Kubernetes
• 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

• Experience with Typescript and modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue
• Data center infrastructure management and design

What we offer colleagues

• 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 – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical work 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.