Engineering Manager

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• ▹Work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two
• ▹Coach, mentor and give career development feedback
• ▹Identify and measure team health indicators
• ▹Implement disciplined engineering processes
• ▹Represent the team and product to stakeholders, partners and customers
• ▹Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• ▹Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• ▹Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

Requirements

• ▹An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• ▹Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about an alternative path
• ▹Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• ▹Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• ▹A love of developing and growing people, with a track record of it
• ▹Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring software developers
• ▹Organised, able to ensure the team delivers timely, high-quality results
• ▹Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• ▹Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners and the community
• ▹Advanced expertise in your domain
• ▹Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• ▹Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• ▹A demonstrated drive for continual learning
• ▹Ability to travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks each

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• ▹Ops and system administration experience
• ▹Performance engineering and security experience

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• ▹Annual compensation review
• ▹Performance-driven annual bonus
• ▹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
• ▹Remote work in every time zone

About the company

Canonical is an open-source technology company that publishes Ubuntu, with more than 1,200 colleagues in over 75 countries. It is founder-led, profitable and growing.