Engineering Manager, MAAS

Canonical; Oklahoma City (OK); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative tech company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead their MAAS team. The role focuses on building and managing private bare-metal infrastructure, requiring a strong background in Linux and distributed systems. As a leader, you'll develop your team, advocate for modern software practices, and engage with the open-source community. This remote position offers a collaborative environment with opportunities for personal and professional growth, including a generous learning budget and travel for team events. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to diversity and excellence in technology.

Benefits

USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunities for travel

Travel benefits for company events

Qualifications

• Proven track record in leading engineering teams and developing talent.
• Deep Linux knowledge with experience in cloud technologies.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in multicultural environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a distributed engineering team, ensuring effective collaboration.
• Manage talent development through coaching and mentoring.
• Participate in code and architectural reviews to maintain quality.

Skills

Leadership

Linux

Python

Go

Distributed Systems

Mentorship

Communication

Cloud Technologies

Problem Solving

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical field

Tools

React

Angular

Svelte

Vue

Job description

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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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include top public cloud and silicon providers, as well as industry leaders across sectors. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS ('Metal as a Service') is to provide the best solution for building and managing private bare-metal infrastructure, offering a cloud-style on-demand API for physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. We seek engineering managers with experience in high-quality software development, high-performance team leadership, and deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage, and data center networking.

MAAS components cover the entire software stack, from hardware detection and provisioning to the management web interface, API, and CLI. Effective engineers are fluent across these layers and can anticipate the impact of design decisions in a complex distributed system.

At Canonical, you need a solid technical background, but your primary responsibility is to run an effective team and develop your colleagues. You will help them grow, achieve outstanding results, and work well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership and a software engineering background are prerequisites. You will lead, challenge, and develop engineers, influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and collaborate across engineering teams, including those responsible for cloud-init, LXD, and public cloud offerings.

The ideal candidate will have leadership qualities, deep Linux knowledge, and the ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems.

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

The role involves:

1. Leading a distributed engineering team in your time zone.
2. Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career planning.
3. Managing expectations with other teams, senior management, and stakeholders.
4. Advocating for and implementing modern software development practices.
5. Participating in code and architectural reviews.
6. Engaging with broader teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partners.
7. Traveling to internal and external events for 4 to 6 weeks per year.

What we are looking for in you:

1. Excellent academic record from high school and university.
2. Undergraduate degree in a technical field.
3. Confidence in speaking up, sharing feedback, and exchanging ideas.
4. Proven track record of exceeding expectations.
5. Leadership and mentorship skills.
6. Passion for technology demonstrated through personal projects.
7. Strong work ethic and confidence to collaborate with motivated colleagues.
8. Professional English communication skills.
9. Linux experience (Debian or Ubuntu preferred).
10. Interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability.
11. Appreciation for diversity and effectiveness in multicultural environments.
12. Self-motivation and thoughtfulness.
13. Result-oriented with a drive to meet commitments.
14. Ability to travel internationally twice a year for up to two weeks.
15. Knowledge of modern Linux cloud technologies, including networking, storage, containers, and K8s.
16. Experience programming in Python and Go.
17. Strong interest in developing and growing people.

Nice-to-have skills:

1. Experience with web frameworks like React, Angular, Svelte, or Vue using Typescript.

What we offer:

1. Distributed work environment with biannual in-person sprints.
2. USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget.
3. Annual compensation review.
4. Recognition rewards, holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave.
5. Employee Assistance Programme.
6. Opportunities for travel and meeting colleagues.
7. Travel benefits for company events.

About Canonical:

Canonical is a pioneering open source tech company, publisher of Ubuntu, and leader in AI, IoT, and cloud platforms. We recruit globally and maintain high standards for our team. Working remotely since 2004, we promote innovative thinking, learning, and excellence.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and inclusion, and provides fair consideration to all applicants.