Engineering Manager - App Stores

Canonical

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Full Time

Posted April 1, 2026

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Job Description

This is a technical management role at Canonical leading a remote engineering team responsible for developing and maintaining scalable Python and Golang micro-services that support open source software distribution platforms, with a focus on team leadership, engineering excellence, and collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and manage a remote engineering team focused on developing Python and Golang micro-services for software distribution.
Develop and review code, provide architectural leadership, and ensure engineering best practices.
Facilitate technical delivery, maintain high team productivity, and unblock team members as needed.
Mentor and develop team members through coaching, feedback, and career development.
Collaborate with other engineering managers, product managers, and architects to create and execute an engineering roadmap.
Build and maintain clean web service APIs to support CLI and web frontend clients.
Promote a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values.
Ensure quality, performance optimization, and documentation of engineering work.
Communicate effectively with stakeholders and other teams to set expectations and coordinate efforts.

Requirements

Must have good experience in leading modern, agile software development practices.
Must have experience in forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values.
Must have demonstrative experience of being a role model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing toward your team’s goals.
Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
Must love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it.
Must be knowledgeable and passionate about software development.
Must be focused on success and the timely delivery of high-quality software.
Must value and nurture great team culture and spirit.
Must have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies.
Must have software development experience in Python.
Experience in Golang in addition to Python would be a big plus.
Effective written and verbal communication skills.
Practical experience with Linux system administration.