Software Engineering Manager - Container and Virtualisation Infrastructure
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted December 1, 2025
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Job Description
A remote engineering manager role at Canonical focused on leading and developing a high-performance team working on open source cloud infrastructure, with responsibilities including technical leadership, talent growth, and collaboration across distributed systems and Linux-based technologies.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and manage a remote engineering team
- Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, and career development
- Set and manage expectations with engineering teams, management, and stakeholders
- Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural reviews
- Engage with internal teams, the open source community, and partners
- Facilitate technical delivery and influence engineering culture
- Work on strategy and execution for engineering projects
Requirements
- Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role.
- Experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams.
- Demonstrated ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems.
- Deep knowledge of Linux.
- Solid technical background with the ability to run an effective team and develop colleagues.
- Experience in high-quality microservice architectures and high-performance team leadership.
- Familiarity with Linux kernel, virtualization, storage, and networking.
- Understanding of modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers, and Kubernetes (K8s).
- Experience programming in C and/or Go.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or a similar field.
- Strong written and verbal technical communication skills.
- Ability to develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development.
- Ability to set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
- Willingness to work remotely with the ability to travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events.
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
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
Employee Assistance Programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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