Ubuntu Engineering Manager
Canonical
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Anywhere in the World
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About the role
- Leading their teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
- Designing, building and shipping high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
- Demonstrating sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
- Taking responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
- Working with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
- Setting expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Offering coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
- Contributing to upstream and neighboring open source projects
- Authoring and improving technical and community documentation
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
- Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
- Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
- A demonstrated passion for open source software
- Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
- Professional written and spoken English
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Benefits
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- 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
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
RustGoPythonFlutterC/C++software architecturecode reviewsplanningestimationopen source software
Soft skills
coachingmentoringtechnical feedbackcommunicationinterpersonal skillsresult-orientedpersonal driveleadershipteam collaborationstakeholder management
Certifications
undergraduate degree in Computer ScienceSTEM degree