Engineering Manager, MAAS

Canonical; Washington; Remote; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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

Priority Pass for travel upgrades

Job summary

A leading open source software provider is seeking an experienced Engineering Manager for their MAAS team. This role involves leading a distributed team, coaching and developing talent, and advocating modern software development practices. Candidates should have a strong background in Linux, software development with Python or Golang, and agile methodologies. Benefits include a remote work environment, a personal learning budget of $2,000, and opportunities for global travel to collaborate with colleagues.

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• Leading a distributed team of engineers in your time zone.
• Talent development through coaching and mentoring.
• Participating in the engineering process through code and architectural review.

Skills

Python

Golang

Linux system administration

Agile methodologies

Mentoring

Technical aptitude

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

React

Angular

Svelte

Vue

Job description

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 a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 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. The company is founder‑led, profitable and growing.

Position: Engineering Manager, MAAS Team

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS (Metal as a Service) is to provide the best solution for building and running private bare‑metal infrastructure, putting a cloud‑style on‑demand API in front of physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. We are looking for leaders with experience in high‑quality software development and high‑performance team leadership, who also have deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage and data centre networking capabilities.

Location

This is a work‑from‑anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.

Role and Responsibilities

• Leading a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (we organise engineering teams by Americas, EMEA etc)
• Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback and career planning
• Setting and managing expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Being an advocate of, and advancing, modern software‑development practices
• Participating in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engaging with broader teams at Canonical, the open‑source community and partners
• Travelling to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or a related field
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Proven experience delivering software using Python, Golang, 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, with a 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 using modern web frameworks such as React, Angular, Svelte or Vue
• Data centre infrastructure management and design

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly team sprints in person – we've been working remotely 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

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

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.

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