Engineering Lead: Scale Open Source Ubuntu & Teams

Canonical Group Ltd; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning budget

Annual bonus

Annual salary review

Holidays

Parental leave

Employee assistance programme

Travel opportunities

Travel upgrades

Job summary

Canonical is hiring engineering leaders to work across Ubuntu Engineering, shaping technical roadmaps, mentoring high-performing teams, and delivering robust, scalable software. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership, maintaining focus on quality and resilience while growing talent across distributed teams.

Location is remote with global opportunities; candidates should bring a track record of open source impact, strong English communication, and willingness to travel for key

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in CS or STEM required.
• Proven track record leading engineering teams.
• Strong hands-on experience with Rust/Go/Python/Flutter/C/C++.
• Excellent written and spoken English communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead and coach multiple engineering teams across Ubuntu initiatives.
• Define and drive technical strategy, roadmaps and execution.
• Ensure quality, performance and reliability of software architectures.
• Collaborate with product management to align vision and delivery.

Skills

Rust

Go

Python

Flutter

C/C++

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Open source

English proficiency

Education

Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM

Job description

Canonical is hiring engineering leaders to work across Ubuntu Engineering, shaping technical roadmaps, mentoring high-performing teams, and delivering robust, scalable software. This role blends hands-on coding with strategic leadership, maintaining focus on quality and resilience while growing talent across distributed teams.

Location is remote with global opportunities; candidates should bring a track record of open source impact, strong English communication, and willingness to travel for key