Engineering Manager - Web

Canonical

Contract type

Ongoing

Work mode

Remote · EMEA region

Experience

3 years

Job description

Engineering Manager role at Canonical leading a web engineering team, combining people leadership with hands-on web development to deliver reliable, scalable user experiences for Canonical products. The role is based remotely in the EMEA region.

At a glance

Employment: Full-time · Employee (employment agreement)
Work mode: Remote · EMEA region
Languages: English – Professional written and spoken

What you'll do

Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing to your team's goals
Estimate work, set goals, and meet them
Design and implement well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter
Debug and fix issues encountered by your users
Participate in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews
Collaborate with community and colleagues on technical specifications
Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
Seek improvements to engineering and operations practices
Deploy and operate services developed by the team
Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy

What we're looking for

Knowledgeable and passionate about web and software development
Value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated
An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
Professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
Experience designing and writing high-quality Web technologies
Experience with and passion for Typescript, React or Flutter
An eye for accessibility and performance
Professional written and spoken English
Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
Excellent communication and presentation skills
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each

Nice to have

Experience with container tech such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes
Experience building and maintaining a talented team
REST API design, development and governance
Performance engineering and security experience

Benefits

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
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
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission

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About Canonical

The company that publishes Ubuntu

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.

Mission

Changing the world of software through open source

Key facts

1100+ colleagues
2004
Open-source software and operating systems
Publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud
1100+ colleagues in 75+ countries
Founder-led, profitable and growing
Most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
Teams meet two to four times yearly in person

What they value

Excellence
Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background
Fairness globally