Engineering Manager - Web

Working Nomads; Emea; Remote; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking an experienced Web Engineering Manager to lead engineering teams in delivering scalable user experiences. This role offers the opportunity to influence team culture and requires strong web development skills. Candidates must have an undergraduate degree in a STEM field and experience with technologies like Typescript, React, or Flutter. The position is remote within the EMEA region, allowing for flexible work arrangements.

Benefits

Personal learning budget of USD 2,000 per year

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Qualifications

• Passionate, thoughtful, and self-motivated.
• Experience with high-quality Web technologies.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineers and cultivate their growth.
• Design well-tested software.
• Collaborate on technical specifications.

Skills

Web development

Typescript

React

Flutter

Linux

Container technology

REST API design

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 globally distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ 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 a Web Engineering Manager to work collaboratively with many teams and roles across the organisation including product managers and other engineering teams to deliver reliable, scalable and delightful user experiences for users of Canonical products.

As an Engineering Manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as web engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in web development is a must so that you’re able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.

The role entails

Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing to your team’s goals

Estimate work, set goals, and meet them

Design and implement well‑tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter.

Debug and fix issues encountered by your users

Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews

Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications

Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind

Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices

Deploy and operate services developed by the team

Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

What we are looking for in you

You are knowledgeable and passionate about web and software development

You value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self‑motivated

An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path

Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations

Well‑organised, self‑starting and able to deliver to schedule

Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community

Experience designing and writing high‑quality Web technologies

Experience with and passion for Typescript, React or Flutter

An eye for accessibility and performance

Professional written and spoken English

Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)

Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability

Passion, thoughtfulness, and self‑motivation

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Result‑oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments

Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice-to-have skills

Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes

Experience building and maintaining a talented team

REST API design, development and governance

Performance engineering and security experience

What we offer colleagues

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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 - in order 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