Engineering Manager - Solutions Engineering
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description
An Engineering Manager role leading a remote team of Python engineers to develop open-source automation tools and infrastructure solutions, primarily focusing on cloud computing, DevOps workflows, and large-scale multi-cloud operations within the Ubuntu ecosystem.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and develop a remote team of Python engineers across global locations
- Hire, coach, mentor, and provide career development for team members
- Contribute to code development to demonstrate sound engineering principles
- Plan and manage progress on engineering goals and projects
- Set and manage expectations with internal teams and stakeholders
- Coordinate with management and external partners on technical delivery
- Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
- Foster a collaborative and high-quality engineering culture
- Participate in leadership activities and collaborate with organizational leaders
- Travel globally up to 10% for internal and external events
Requirements
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing code yourself
- Lead and develop a team of Python engineers working remotely in global locations
- Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback, and support hands-on career development for team members
- Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
- Set and manage expectations with other engineering and operations teams
- Coordinate with management and internal and external stakeholders or customers
- Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
- Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
- Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization
- Travel globally up to 10% of the time for internal and external events
- Possess a solid background in software development, particularly in Python
- Have experience in developing automation capabilities using Python
- Be knowledgeable and passionate about agile software development
- Be comfortable administrating Linux servers, including their storage and networking
- Be organized and committed to delivering high-quality software in a timely manner
- Have hands-on experience with software automation
- Have a university degree in Computer Science or a related software engineering field (preferred but not mandatory)
- Have knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies
- Have experience with modern infrastructure such as OpenStack or Kubernetes (preferred but not mandatory)
- Have experience in operations as well as software development (preferred but not mandatory)
- Be familiar with the challenges of large-scale, multi-cloud operations (preferred but not mandatory)
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
Travel upgrades and Priority Pass for long-haul company events
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