Software Engineering Director

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Lead multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• ▹Develop your engineering managers and maintain Canonical culture
• ▹Hire staff level engineers for specific roles like performance and quality
• ▹Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• ▹Identify and measure indicators of team health and productivity
• ▹Ensure rounded delivery including community participation and docs
• ▹Implement disciplined engineering processes and defend them
• ▹Set and measure progress against benchmark goals for speed and efficiency
• ▹Represent your 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
• ▹Collaborate with leads for related or dependent products

Requirements

• ▹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
• ▹Extensive management experience and confidence to set high expectations
• ▹Outstanding Linux based software engineering track record
• ▹Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• ▹Public speaking and presentation skills
• ▹Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring software developers
• ▹Advanced expertise in your own domain
• ▹Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• ▹Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• ▹Open source community engagement and leadership
• ▹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 meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu and is a pioneer of the global move to open source. It recruits worldwide, has been remote-first since 2004, and is an equal opportunity employer.