Engineering Manager, MAAS

Canonical; Oklahoma City (OK); Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Employee Assistance Programme

Team in-person sprints twice yearly

Travel to new locations for meetups

Priority Pass and upgrades for events

Job summary

A global open-source leader is seeking an Engineering Manager for the Metal as a Service (MAAS) team. In this remote role, you'll lead a distributed team and advocate for modern software development practices. The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and proven experience in Python and Go. You'll develop talent through mentoring and participate in the engineering process, while also enjoying benefits such as learning budgets and travel opportunities.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members.
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and Kubernetes.
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to mentor, develop and support team members.
• Result‑oriented personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone.
• Develop talent through coaching and mentoring.
• Participate in engineering processes through code review.
• Advocate modern software development practices and advance them across the company.
• Participate in engineering processes through code and architectural review.
• Engage with broader Canonical teams, the open‑source community and partners.
• Travel to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year.

Skills

Python

Go

Linux system administration

containers

Kubernetes

agile methodologies

TypeScript

web frameworks

English communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Python

Go

Debian/Ubuntu

Job description

Engineering Manager – Metal as a Service (MAAS)

Canonical is a global open‑source leader, publishing Ubuntu and powering the world’s most scalable cloud platform. The MAAS team delivers a cloud‑style API for bare‑metal provisioning, networking and storage, running on a Python and Go stack that spans physical hardware to a web interface, API and CLI.

Location

Work‑from‑anywhere – EMEA or the Americas.

Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone, organizing teams by Americas, EMEA, etc.
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and career planning.
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management and external stakeholders.
• Advocate modern software development practices and advance them across the company.
• Participate in engineering processes through code and architectural review.
• Engage with broader Canonical teams, the open‑source community and partners.
• Travel to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field.
• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Go, or similar languages.
• Experience with Linux system administration – Debian or Ubuntu preferred.
• Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and Kubernetes.
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Experience with agile software development methodologies.
• Ability to mentor, develop and support team members.
• Result‑oriented personal drive to meet commitments.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.

Nice‑to‑have Skills

• TypeScript with modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Vue, Svelte).
• Data Center infrastructure management and design.

Benefits

• Distributed work environment – twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints; remote work since 2004.
• 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 – Equal Opportunity Employer

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and backgrounds create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.