Software Engineering Manager - Container and Virtualisation Infrastructure

Canonical Group - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Manager

Remote - Seattle, WA

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Software Engineering Manager for Container and Virtualisation Infrastructure at Canonical is responsible for leading a remote team of engineers focused on building a next-generation private cloud infrastructure. This role combines technical leadership with team development, ensuring high-quality software delivery while fostering a collaborative and growth-oriented environment. The manager will engage with various stakeholders, advocate for modern software practices, and participate in the engineering process through reviews and mentoring.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of remote engineers
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Advocate and advance modern software development practices
• Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
• Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partners
• Work from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Requirements

• Experience in high-quality microservice architectures
• Deep familiarity with Linux kernel, virtualisation, storage, and networking
• Strong technical background in software engineering
• Experience leading successful, collaborative engineering teams
• Ability to solve challenging distributed systems problems
• Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degree
• Strong written and verbal technical communication skills
• Experience programming in C and/or Go

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers, and K8s
• A strong track record of developing and growing people
• Focus on success and timely delivery of high-quality software

Benefits

• Performance-driven annual bonus
• 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