Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Canonical; London; Remote; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager for Public Cloud to lead a team optimizing Ubuntu for major cloud partners. This role involves technical leadership, fostering team growth, and ensuring high-quality software delivery in a remote work environment with minimal travel.

Benefits

USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Wellness programs

Travel opportunities

Qualifications

• Experience in Python or Golang development.
• Enjoys mentoring and developing engineers.
• Focuses on successful, high-quality software delivery.

Responsibilities

• Building and leading a team of engineers.
• Managing expectations with other teams and stakeholders.
• Building automated, reliable image delivery pipelines.

Skills

Mentoring

Software Development

Agile Methodologies

Effective Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science, STEM, or similar

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

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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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include major public cloud and silicon providers, along with industry leaders across sectors. We are a pioneer in global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and minimal office-based roles. Teams meet a few times a year in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead a team working closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and other cloud partners to optimize Ubuntu for their infrastructure. The team builds, tests, and publishes Ubuntu images used by millions, ensuring performance and security in cloud environments. The goal is to deliver the best public cloud VM experience and specialized images for various purposes, celebrating and enabling cloud providers' unique features while maintaining a consistent user experience.

As an engineering manager, you will bring technical and management skills to lead your team, represent the team in partner engagements, and ensure the stability and functionality of our cloud offerings. You will automate the delivery of Ubuntu image products for workloads from web servers to GPU-powered AI for servers, VMs, and containers.

Your primary responsibility is to support your team: fostering growth, ensuring valuable work, and maintaining a great work environment. You will influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and collaborate on strategy and execution. Fluency in Python and Golang, code reviews, architectural leadership, and a commitment to quality and performance are essential. You will also uphold healthy engineering practices and ensure a high-performing team.

The role entails:

1. Building and leading a team of engineers in your timezone(s)
2. Developing talent through coaching, mentoring, and career development
3. Demonstrating sound engineering principles and contributing to team goals
4. Managing expectations with other teams and stakeholders
5. Leading modern, agile development practices
6. Fostering a healthy, collaborative engineering culture
7. Participating in leadership and organizational collaboration
8. Building automated, reliable image delivery pipelines
9. Engaging with internal teams, open source community, and partners
10. Working remotely with up to 15% travel for events

We are looking for someone who:

• Enjoys mentoring and developing engineers
• Is passionate about software development
• Focuses on successful, high-quality software delivery
• Has experience with agile methodologies
• Holds a degree in Computer Science, STEM, or similar
• Has development experience in Python or Golang
• Possesses effective communication skills
• Has practical experience with cloud providers like AWS, GCP, or Azure

We offer:

• A distributed work environment with biannual in-person sprints
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards, holiday leave, parental leave
• Wellness programs and travel opportunities

About Canonical:

Canonical is a pioneering open source company behind Ubuntu, shaping the future of AI, IoT, and cloud computing. We recruit globally and uphold high standards of excellence. Working here is innovative and challenging, with a strong emphasis on remote work since 2004. We are an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion.