Remote Engineering Manager - MLOps & Analytics

Canonical Ltd.; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote-first company culture

Annual learning budget (USD 2,000)

Annual compensation review

Holiday and parental leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel opportunities

Travel passes and upgrades

Job summary

Canonical Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team focused on MLOps and analytics. You will oversee architecture reviews, code reviews, and roadmap delivery while mentoring engineers and driving collaboration with product managers and architects.

The role emphasizes open-source contribution, Python delivery, and leadership across a global, remote-first organization. Travel 2–4 weeks per year may be required.

Qualifications

• Proven professional software delivery experience.
• Professional Python development experience, preferably with open source.
• Understanding of the machine learning space and its challenges.
• Experience designing and implementing MLOps solutions.
• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university preferred.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.

Responsibilities

• Manage a distributed team of engineers and its MLOps/Analytics portfolio.
• Lead team processes to help achieve objectives and unblock issues.
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with team members.
• Identify and measure team health indicators.
• Review code produced by other engineers and mentor direct reports.
• Attend conferences to represent Canonical and its MLOps solutions.
• Collaborate with Engineering Managers, product managers, and architects.
• Promote healthy engineering practices and high-performing teams.

Skills

Python development

Team leadership

MLOps

Open Source

Cloud platforms

Education

Strong academic record (high school and university preferred)

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Kubeflow

MLFlow

Feast

Job description

Canonical Ltd. is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team focused on MLOps and analytics. You will oversee architecture reviews, code reviews, and roadmap delivery while mentoring engineers and driving collaboration with product managers and architects.

The role emphasizes open-source contribution, Python delivery, and leadership across a global, remote-first organization. Travel 2–4 weeks per year may be required.