Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass
Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass
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. Canonical is founder‑led, profitable and growing, with 1,200+ 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 that runs on macOS, Windows and Linux. Multipass lets developers launch a new virtual machine on their workstation with the command multipass launch. The goal is not to be a full cloud, but to give developers a local cloud experience for running builds, testing cloud appliances, running their own deployments or cloud‑init scripts, and even using it as a build farm on a shared server.
Location: Remote, available in EMEA and the Americas.
Role highlights
- 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 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
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
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.
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.