Engineering Manager - App Stores

Overview

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. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles.

This is a technical management role to lead a team that develops Python and Golang micro‑services that power our global software distribution engine, including the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. You will help shape a highly scalable SaaS product, work closely with Canonical’s world‑class security team, and run an effective, high‑performing engineering team.

This role may be based remotely in the Americas, Europe, Middle East or Africa time zones.

• Lead a remote team of engineers in your time zone.
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands‑on career development.
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders.
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation.
• Build clean web‑service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open‑source community and commercial partners.

• Good experience in leading modern, agile software development practices.
• Experience in forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values.
• Demonstrative experience as a role model for sound engineering principles and direct contribution toward team goals.
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events.
• Track record of mentoring, developing and growing people.
• Passion for software development and focus on timely delivery of high‑quality software.
• Commitment to agile development methodologies.
• Experience in Python (examples of Golang experience are a plus).
• Effective written and verbal communication skills.
• Practical experience with Linux system administration.

• Fully remote working environment.
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum.
• Annual compensation review.
• Recognition rewards.
• Annual holiday leave.
• Parental leave.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints.
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.