Software Platform Engineering Manager - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon

Phiture; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join an innovative tech firm at the forefront of open source as an Engineering Manager. In this globally remote role, you'll lead talented engineering teams, optimize Ubuntu for cutting-edge hardware, and drive collaboration across diverse projects. With a commitment to excellence, you'll influence company culture and facilitate technical delivery, while enjoying a supportive work environment that prioritizes personal growth and development. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in the tech industry, working with leading-edge technologies and talented professionals from around the world.

Benefits

Personal Learning and Development Budget

Annual Compensation Review

Recognition Rewards

Annual Holiday Leave

Maternity and Paternity Leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to Travel

Priority Pass for Travel

Twice-Yearly Team Sprints

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
• Experience leading software engineering teams and managing talent.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop a team of engineers ranging from graduate to senior.
• Oversee commercial engagements and support timely delivery on projects.

Skills

C

C++

Python

Linux

Operational Systems Software

Debian/Ubuntu Packaging

Leadership

English Proficiency

Education

Undergraduate Degree in Computer Science or STEM

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Build Systems

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operatingsystems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform,Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives suchas public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Ourcustomers include the world's leading public cloud and siliconproviders, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is apioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to fourtimes yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, toalign on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring engineering managers who are passionate aboutoperational systems, open source technologies and cutting-edge hardwareto lead engineering teams to enable and optimize Ubuntu for the latestx86, ARM, RISC-V, s390x and POWER systems.

We partner with the world's leading silicon vendors to optimiseUbuntu on their latest platforms. We integrate next-generation featuresand performance enhancements in Ubuntu while also ensuring a commonoperating experience for their users.

Engineering Managers should be outstanding developers themselves.They should be completely at home reviewing a patch or a software designspec. You will be expected to drive healthy engineering practices,documentation, quality and performance optimisations as well as leadyour team to deliver high-quality design and code.

An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and careerguidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent yourteam and product from a technical perspective, and to drivecollaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to successin this role.

You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitatetechnical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Location: This is a globally remote role. We have open positions in every time zone.

What your day will look like

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Oversee commercial engagements and support timely delivery on agreed project milestones
• Participate as technical lead on complex customer engagements involving complete system architectures
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Integrate and maintain platform-oriented software stacks
• Optimize Ubuntu for latest hardware platforms
• Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
• Contribute to code reviews and technical documentation
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

What we are looking for in you

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Fluency in C, C++, and Python
• Experience with Linux and operational systems software (e.g. kernel or user space)
• Experience with Debian/Ubuntu or other distro packaging
• Experience leading software engineering teams
• Professional written and spoken English
• Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
• Thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
• 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

• Experience working with open source communities and licenses
• Computer architecture knowledge of x86, ARM, RISC-V or s390x
• Understanding of build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation
• Experience working with customers
• Experience with board bring up and validation
• Experience with Linux virtualization, networking or graphics stacks
• Experience with one or more of the follow
• Experience with Docker/OCI containers/K8s
• ing technologies: confidential computing, RDMA, Infiniband and high performance computing.
• Performance engineering, benchmarking and profiling

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance inshaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (andmore often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recogniseoutstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer aperformance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members withadditional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance ourprograms to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• 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 globalmove to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of themost important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and thecloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on aglobal basis and set a very high standard for people joining thecompany. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be thebest at what we do. Canonical has been a remote-first company since itsinception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and willchallenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, andraise your game.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a betterwork environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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Requisition ID: 805