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Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description

An Engineering Manager role at Canonical leading a team focused on optimizing Ubuntu for cloud infrastructure partners, ensuring high-quality, automated image delivery, and fostering a collaborative, innovative engineering culture.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and build a team of engineers, developing their skills and careers
  • Provide technical leadership through code reviews, architecture, and engineering practices
  • Manage project expectations and collaborate with internal teams and external partners
  • Develop automated pipelines for building, testing, and publishing Ubuntu images
  • Ensure the stability, performance, and security of Ubuntu images used in cloud environments
  • Promote a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values
  • Contribute to technical strategy, delivery, and organizational goals
  • Engage with open source community and cloud partners to support product development

Requirements

  • Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones.
  • Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development.
  • Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team’s goals.
  • Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders.
  • Lead modern, agile software development practices.
  • Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values.
  • Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines.
  • Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners.
  • Work from home with the possibility of global travel up to 15% for internal and external events.
  • Love to mentor, develop and grow people, with a track record of doing so.
  • Be knowledgeable and passionate about software development.
  • Be focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software.
  • Have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies.
  • Hold a Bachelor’s or equivalent degree in Computer Science, STEM or a similar field.
  • Have software development experience in Python or Golang.
  • Possess effective written and verbal communication skills.
  • Have practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS.

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 or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Team Member Assistance Program
Wellness Platform
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

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