Canonical Group - Spokane, WA
posted 18 days ago
Full-time - Manager
Remote - Spokane, WA
Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
About the position
The Software Engineering Manager at Canonical will lead a distributed team focused on the Ubuntu Linux kernel. This role involves overseeing the development and optimization of the kernel for various environments, ensuring high-quality standards, and fostering team growth through coaching and mentoring. The manager will engage with both internal teams and external partners, contributing to the open-source community while managing commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering.
Responsibilities
- Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone
- Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, leading by example, and feedback
- Support timely delivery of core and specialised Ubuntu kernels
- Oversee commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering
- Ensure an ongoing commitment to strict quality and reliability standards
- Engage with other teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners
- Work from home with travel globally 2-3 times a year for up to two weeks, for internal and external engineering events
Requirements
- Significant programming experience in C
- Experience with Python, Golang, or similar languages
- Substantial experience with Linux kernel internals and concepts
- Solid understanding of Linux kernel development principles
- Demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers
- Contributed to an open source project in the past
- Understanding of agile software development methodologies
- Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral
Nice-to-haves
- Experience with cloud environments
- Familiarity with hypervisors
- Knowledge of security updates and CVEs
Benefits
- Fully remote working environment
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD 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
