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Engineering Manager - Solutions Engineering

Canonical
Remote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description

An Engineering Manager role focused on leading a remote team of Python engineers to develop open-source automation tools and infrastructure solutions that enhance software operations and cloud computing capabilities at Canonical.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop a remote team of Python engineers across global locations
  • Hire, coach, mentor, and support the career growth of team members
  • Contribute to code development to demonstrate technical leadership
  • Plan and manage progress on engineering goals and projects
  • Set and manage expectations with internal and external stakeholders
  • Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
  • Foster a collaborative and high-quality engineering culture
  • Collaborate with leadership and other teams to influence technical direction
  • Travel globally up to 10% for internal and external events

Requirements

  • 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
  • Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing code yourself
  • 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, especially in Python
  • Have experience in developing and growing engineering teams
  • Be knowledgeable and passionate about agile software development
  • Be comfortable administrating Linux servers, including their storage and networking
  • Have hands-on experience with software automation
  • Be organized and committed to delivering high-quality software in a timely manner
  • Possess a university degree in Computer Science or a related software engineering field (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Have a thorough understanding of modern infrastructure, including OpenStack or Kubernetes (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Have experience in operations as well as software development (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Possess familiarity with the challenges of large-scale, multi-cloud operations (preferred but not mandatory)
  • Have experience with Go programming language (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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