Engineering Manager, MAAS

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Canonical 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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include top public cloud and silicon providers, along with industry leaders across sectors. The company pioneers global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in over 80 countries, with few office-based roles. Teams meet 2-4 times a year in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager as we expand the MAAS team. Our mission with MAAS ("Metal as a Service") is to provide the best solution for building and managing private bare-metal infrastructure, offering a cloud-style on-demand API for physical server provisioning, network configuration, and storage. We seek engineering managers experienced in high-quality software development and high-performance team leadership, with deep familiarity with Linux on physical servers, Linux storage, and data center networking.

MAAS components cover the entire software stack : from hardware detection and provisioning to the management web interface, API, and CLI. Effective engineers are fluent across these layers and can anticipate the impacts of design and engineering decisions in a complex distributed system.

At Canonical, you must have a solid technical background, but your primary responsibility is to run an effective team and develop your colleagues. You are expected to help them grow, perform outstanding work, find professional and personal satisfaction, and collaborate well with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership and a software engineering background are prerequisites. You will lead, challenge, and develop engineers, influence culture positively, facilitate technical delivery, and work on strategy and execution with your team. Collaboration across engineering teams is also essential, especially with teams responsible for cloud-init, LXD, and public cloud offerings.

The ideal candidate will possess leadership qualities, deep Linux knowledge, and the ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems.

Location : This is a work-from-anywhere role available in EMEA or the Americas.

The role involves :

• Leading a distributed team of engineers in your time zone (teams are organized by regions such as Americas, EMEA)
• Talent development through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and career planning
• Managing expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and stakeholders
• Advocating for and implementing modern software development practices
• Participating in code and architectural reviews
• Engaging with broader teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partners
• Traveling to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year

What we are looking for in you :

Nice-to-have skills :

What we offer colleagues :

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance for worldwide compensation. We review compensation annually (more often for graduates and new hires) to recognize outstanding performance. Benefits include :

About Canonical :

Canonical is a pioneering open source tech firm, publisher of Ubuntu, a key platform for AI, IoT, and cloud. We hire globally and expect excellence. Our remote work model has been in place since 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, learn new skills, and excel.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer . We are committed to a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of background and perspective fosters better environments and products. We welcome all applicants for fair consideration.

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