Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang
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Posted April 27, 2026
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Job Description
An Engineering Manager role at Canonical responsible for leading a team that develops and optimizes Ubuntu images for cloud partners, ensuring high performance, security, and automation across various workloads while fostering team growth and technical excellence.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and build a team of engineers, developing their talent through coaching and mentoring
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles and contribute to team goals through code reviews and architectural leadership
- Develop automated, reliable pipelines for building, testing, and publishing Ubuntu images
- Collaborate with internal teams, open source community, and external partners to ensure optimal cloud image performance and security
- Manage stakeholder expectations and facilitate technical delivery within an agile development environment
- Promote a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values
- Engage in technical leadership, including architecture, code quality, and performance optimization
- Participate in leadership activities and collaborate with other organizational leaders
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 days for internal and external events.
- Mentor, develop and grow people, with a proven track record of doing so.
- Possess knowledge and passion for software development.
- Focus 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.
- Have 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 the possibility of working from home
Twice-yearly in-person team sprints at interesting locations around the world
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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