Engineering Manager - App Stores

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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. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company pioneers global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‐based roles.

Teams meet two to four times yearly in person in interesting locations around the world to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.

This technical management role leads a team that develops Python and Golang micro‑services powering our global software distribution engine – the Snap Store and Charmhub.io marketplaces. The system understands key concepts in software distribution – architectures, releases, betas, release candidates, stable releases, branches and more. We are on a journey to transform the open source software experience by expanding the range of software we can deliver through this system.

If you have a passion for clean APIs, believe that great engineers ship software calmly and regularly against an agile plan, and know that tests are the key to higher velocity and reliability, you’ll fit right in.

You’ll engineer a highly scalable SaaS product (consider the load when a large Ubuntu Desktop snap is updated). You’ll also learn from Canonical’s world‑class security team to deliver this capability safely to customers worldwide.

• 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, the open‑source community, and commercial partners

• Good experience leading modern, agile software development practices
• Experience forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values
• Demonstrative experience of being a role model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing toward your team’s goals
• Willingness to travel up to four times a year for internal events
• Track record of mentoring, developing, and growing people
• Knowledge and passion for software development
• Focused on success and timely delivery of high‑quality software
• Value and nurture great team culture and spirit
• Experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• Software development experience in Python (experience in Go additional plus)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with Linux system administration

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.

• Fully remote working environment – we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
• 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

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

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.

We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We 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.