Software Engineering Manager

Software Engineering Manager – Container and Virtualisation InfrastructureCanonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing. Our mission is to build a next‑generation private cloud infrastructure, combining KVM, Ceph, and SDN technologies to create a data centre‑scale cloud that \"just works\" and provides a mission‑critical cloud for edge and core enterprise deployments. We’re hiring engineering managers with experience in high‑quality microservice architectures and high‑performance team leadership who also have deep familiarity with Linux kernel, virtualisation, storage and networking. LXD components span the entire software stack from low‑level kernel features to the upper‑level management API/CLI. Our most effective engineers are fluent in all these layers and able to anticipate the consequences of design and engineering choices elsewhere in a complex distributed system. As an engineering manager at Canonical you must have a solid technical background, but your responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage. You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, do it outstandingly well, find professional and personal satisfaction, and work well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role. The successful candidate will have experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams and demonstrate the ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems and deep knowledge of Linux. Location: Remote position available in EMEA and the Americas. Lead a team of remote engineers Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders Advocate and advance modern software development practices Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events You understand modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers and K8s You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year Annual holiday leave About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Mid‑Senior level Full‑time Engineering and Information Technology Software Development #