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

Canonical; Oslo; Remote; NOK 1,011,020 - 1,516,530; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Twice-yearly team sprints in person

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Job summary

A leading open source software provider is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead the development of Multipass, a cross-platform mini-cloud solution. You'll manage a remote team, focus on coaching and mentoring talents, and advocate modern software development practices. Strong C++ expertise and experience in cross-platform development are essential. This role offers flexibility with global travel opportunities for internal and external events, along with a competitive package that includes a learning budget and recognition rewards.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in developing and growing team members.
• Ability to manage and deliver high-quality software.
• Expertise in modern C++ and cross-platform development.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote engineers.
• Develop talent through coaching and mentoring.
• Advocate modern software development practices.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews.

Skills

Developing and growing people

Modern C++ development

Cross-platform development

Technical communication

Problem-solving

Open source involvement

Education

Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Hyper-V

VirtualBox

KVM

Job description

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 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 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.

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

As an engineering manager at Canonical you must 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, do it outstandingly well, find professional and personal satisfaction, and work well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop engineers, positively influence the 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 demonstrate 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

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.