Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Core

Canonical; Morelia; A distancia; MXN 1,830,000 - 2,197,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading technology firm is hiring a technical engineering manager in Morelia, Mexico, to redefine the embedded Linux experience. The role involves leading a distributed team, mentoring engineers, and ensuring high-quality software delivery. Ideal candidates will have strong skills in Golang, C++, and a thorough understanding of Linux, with opportunities for professional growth and contributions to open-source projects.

Servicios

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades for company events

Formación

• Demonstrated ability of planning and executing to deliver high quality software in a timely manner.
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Experience leading and mentoring team members.

Responsabilidades

• Build and lead a distributed team of engineers.
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles.
• Set and manage expectations with stakeholders.
• Contribute to a healthy engineering culture.

Conocimientos

Golang

C++

Shell

Embedded software development

Agile development environment

Linux knowledge

Professional English

Educación

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Descripción del empleo

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 global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ 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 technical engineering manager to redefine the embedded Linux experience with the smallest, most secure, and most reliable operating system in the IoT market.

This is an opportunity for a technical leader passionate about open source software, Linux, containers, security, and the developer experience, to shape the future of Linux from the smallest systems up to desktops. This challenging role demands a high degree of technical skill as well as high caliber for inspiring and driving people.

Our mission is to allow everyone to build robust solutions in various fields including but not limited to IoT, automotive, and aviation using the next generation secure embedded Linux operating system in a simple solution. We define a reliable and secure set of device recovery mechanisms that enable device manufacturers to simplify and standardize the field operations for fleets of heterogeneous appliances.

As an engineering manager, you'll lead a team of strong software developers to design and implement Ubuntu Core system software on various CPU architectures, such as ARM, RISC-V, and X86. You will meet stakeholders, prioritize requests, plan the roadmap and ensure the team can deliver their goals. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Role entails

• Building and leading a distributed team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and career development
• Demonstrating sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward your team's goals
• Coaching and mentoring team members with hands-on career development
• Effectively setting and managing expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocating and advancing modern, agile software development practices and helping develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
• Contributing to a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Actively participating in the leadership team and collaborating with other leaders in the organisation

What we are looking for in you

• Demonstrated competencies in embedded software development
• Strong skills in Golang, C++ and Shell
• A solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred
• Love for developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
• Demonstrated ability of planning and executing to deliver high quality software in a timely manner
• Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills

Nice-to-have skills

• Familiarity with an immutable Linux distribution, preferably Ubuntu Core
• Experience with multiple CPU architectures such as ARM, RISC-V
• Experience with Linux native containerization and security

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
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to 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 our 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.