Software Engineering Manager (Backend SaaS)

Software Engineering Manager (Backend SaaS)

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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 breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.

We are hiring an engineering manager to lead the reboot of our Landscape systems management solution for Ubuntu. The goal is to make it easy for enterprises to own a few Landscape instances that serve their global estate and to be able to apply policy and know intuitively where they stand - globally - in a complex world of mixed Ubuntu versions, substrates, and flavours.

As an engineering manager at Canonical, you will work closely with product managers, produce an engineering roadmap with ambitious and achievable goals, and grow a team of engineers. You must be technically strong, with a background in software engineering and technical leadership experience.

Key responsibilities include :

• Build and lead a team of engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Lead modern, agile software development practices
• Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing, and publication pipelines
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners

Valued skills and experience include :

What we offer colleagues :

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.

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