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Engineering Manager

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description

This role involves leading and developing engineering teams in a remote, global environment, focusing on technical excellence, team growth, and collaboration to deliver open source software solutions across various domains.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a team of engineers across various experience levels
  • Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback to team members
  • Implement disciplined engineering processes and ensure team delivers high-quality results on schedule
  • Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
  • Plan and manage progress on goals and projects
  • Collaborate with other leaders as part of the leadership team
  • Drive collaboration with other teams and external partners
  • Develop and evangelize engineering and organizational best practices

Requirements

  • Ability to lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior level.
  • Experience in coaching, mentoring, and offering career development feedback to software developers.
  • Proven track record of going above and beyond expectations in professional achievements.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Experience in leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers.
  • Ability to ensure the team delivers timely, high-quality results and is well-organized.
  • Professional manner of interacting with colleagues, partners, and the community.
  • Advanced expertise in your domain relevant to the engineering management role.
  • Knowledgeable and passionate about software development.
  • Solid experience working in an agile development environment.
  • Demonstrated drive for continual learning.
  • Ability to develop engineering talent and represent your team and product from a technical perspective.
  • Experience in developing and evangelizing engineering and organizational practices.
  • Experience in planning and managing progress on goals and projects.
  • Ability to represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers.
  • Experience in line management and providing career guidance.
  • Ability to develop engineering talent and drive collaboration with other teams and customers.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or STEM field, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path.
  • An academic track record from both high school and university.
  • Drive and a track record of exceeding expectations.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
  • Experience in working in an agile development environment.
  • Ability to travel twice a year for company events, up to two weeks each.
  • Willingness to work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two.
  • Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments.
  • Ability to build trust, relationships, and confidence with colleagues and stakeholders.

Benefits & Perks

Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus
Distributed work environment with remote work and twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations
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
Travel upgrades for long haul company events

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