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12.08.2025col-wideJob Description:

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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 is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with + 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.We are hiring a Engineering Manager - Python and K8s that is passionate about building a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems. We are confident that we can dramatically improve the experience of running complex business operations - and then we can help our customers embrace those new techniques and products. Traditionally, IS is an inward-facing operation. We would like to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability at Canonical. Our internal workloads are in many cases the same open source workloads that our customers want to operate. This team will productise those workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.As an engineering manager you’ll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet.You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.What you’ll doYou’ll lead a team focused on productising business workloadsYou will build and manage a regional team of engineersYou''ll develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedbackYou will demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your team’s goalsSet reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvementSet and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholdersMaintain a culture of quality and engineering excellenceGrow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company valuesBe an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisationWork from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external eventsWho you areYou have experience in Docker and Kubernetes operationsYou have a software engineering background, with proven Python experienceYou have experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIsYou love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possibleYou have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhereYou love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing itYou are knowledgeable and passionate about software developmentYou have experience working in an agile development environmentWhat we offer colleaguesWe consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in personPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2, per yearAnnual compensation reviewRecognition rewardsAnnual holiday leaveMaternity and paternity leaveTeam Member Assistance Program and Wellness PlatformOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleaguesPriority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

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