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[Remote] Engineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, Golang

Remote Full-time Now Hiring

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. The Engineering Manager will lead a team focused on optimizing Ubuntu for major cloud partners, ensuring high performance and security for cloud users, while fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented engineering culture.

Responsibilities

  • 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
  • Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
  • 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 global travel up to 15% for internal and external events

Skills

  • You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
  • You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
  • You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
  • You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
  • Software development experience in Python or Golang
  • Effective written and verbal communication skills
  • Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS

Benefits

  • Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
  • 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

Company Overview

  • Canonical, the publisher of Ubuntu, delivers trusted open source for everyone and provides security, support and services to enterprises. It was founded in 2004, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://www.canonical.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Canonical has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 4 in 2025, 1 in 2024, 1 in 2023, 3 in 2022, 1 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.