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, collaborating with other leaders
• ▹Collaborate with leads for related or dependent products
• ▹Work remotely from any time zone, with global travel twice a year for trips up to two weeks long

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
• ▹Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• ▹Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• ▹Public speaking and presentation skills
• ▹A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
• ▹Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring software developers
• ▹Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
• ▹Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• ▹Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners and community
• ▹Advanced expertise in your own domain
• ▹Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• ▹Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• ▹A demonstrated drive for continual learning
• ▹Builds trust, relationships and confidence
• ▹Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• ▹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
• ▹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, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. The company has been remote-first since 2004, recruits globally and sets a very high standard for new joiners.