Ubuntu Engineering Manager

Canonical

Remote

Full Time

Posted April 1, 2026

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Job Description

Canonical is seeking engineering leaders to oversee the development and quality of Ubuntu, focusing on building high-performance, open source software across various teams. The role involves technical leadership, team development, and contributing to the open source community in a remote, globally distributed environment.

Key Responsibilities

Lead and develop engineering teams focused on Ubuntu software projects
Design, build, and ship high-quality, performant software in Rust, Go, and Python
Oversee technical architecture, development, and code reviews
Plan, estimate, and execute engineering work streams
Collaborate with product management to define vision and strategy for Ubuntu
Coordinate expectations with other engineering teams, management, and stakeholders
Mentor, coach, and provide technical feedback to team members
Contribute to upstream and open source community projects
Author and improve technical and community documentation

Requirements

Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role.
Ability to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.
Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python.
Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews.
Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution of technical work streams.
Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu.
Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders.
Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development to team members.
Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects.
Authoring and improving technical and community documentation.
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path.
Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations.
Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work.
A demonstrated passion for open source software.
Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++.
Professional written and spoken English.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments.
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each.