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

Canonical; Kraków; Remote; PLN 290,592 - 363,240; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Job summary

A leading tech firm is seeking a Software Engineering Manager to lead remote engineers in developing high-quality software. This role involves mentoring talent, managing cross-functional expectations, and participating in code reviews. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in C++ development and experience in managing remote teams. This position is fully remote, promoting a distributed work environment with opportunities for global travel to meet colleagues.

Qualifications

• Experience in leading and developing engineering teams.
• Proven track record in delivering high-quality software.
• Proficient in remote team management.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote engineers.
• Develop talent through coaching and mentoring.
• Set and manage expectations with stakeholders.
• Participate in code and architectural review.

Skills

Expertise in modern C++ development

Strong written and verbal technical communication skills

Cross‑platform development experience

Knowledge of hypervisor technologies

Open-source experience

Education

Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science

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 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 founder‑led, profitable and growing. We have 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 Linux. By running multipass launch you 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, try cloud appliances, or test their own cloud deployments and cloud‑init scripts free of charge. It can also serve as a build farm on a shared server.

As an engineering manager at Canonical you must have a solid technical background. 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.

Location: This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.

Responsibilities

• 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

Qualifications

• 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 a 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

Benefits

• 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 – 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.

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.