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CanonicalUbuntu Enablement - Software Engineering Manager
Canonical is hiring a Software Engineering Manager for its Ubuntu Enablement work. The post is remote and full-time, and sits in the Device Delivery group, which…
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Canonical is hiring a Software Engineering Manager for its Ubuntu Enablement work. The post is remote and full-time, and sits in the Device Delivery group, which brings Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core to people through devices that hardware makers ship with the software already installed. The manager leads a team of software engineers delivering projects that enable Ubuntu on OEM hardware. The environment moves quickly and rewards strong time management,…
Job Description
Canonical is hiring a Software Engineering Manager for its Ubuntu Enablement work. The post is remote and full-time, and sits in the Device Delivery group, which brings Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core to people through devices that hardware makers ship with the software already installed.
The manager leads a team of software engineers delivering projects that enable Ubuntu on OEM hardware. The environment moves quickly and rewards strong time management, detailed knowledge of Linux internals, low-level debugging, clear thinking and practical problem-solving. The job means working with project managers, hardware enablement staff, QA and certification specialists, and taking ownership of escalations from the first kickoff to the final review.
Technical issues are worked through with device makers, board designers, chip suppliers and hardware vendors, and incoming requests from customers around the world are ranked by priority. The manager partners with the desktop, core system, kernel and security engineering groups and sets direction on working methods, standards, tooling and good practice.
The best fit is a manager with a background in technical Linux work, ideally Ubuntu or Debian, who puts quality and disciplined testing first. Strong communication in English and Chinese, written and spoken, is required, and the job includes travel to Europe, the United States, China and Taiwan.
Responsibilities
- Hire, energise, coach and equip team members to produce quality work
- Define team targets and priorities, and measure how healthy the team is
- Help people do their best work and advance their careers
- Work with project managers, hardware enablement, QA and certification specialists
- Track each project from kickoff to retrospective and resolve escalations
- Resolve technical blockers with device makers, board designers, chip suppliers and vendors
- Rank customer requests by priority across all regions
- Collaborate with the desktop, core system, kernel and security engineering teams
- Set the direction for methods, standards, tools and good practice
Requirements
- Degree-level education or higher in a science or engineering field, with computing or software engineering preferred
- Demonstrated technical experience with Linux, ideally Ubuntu or Debian
- Dedication to disciplined development, testing and maintainable code
- Earlier people-management responsibilities
- Able to collaborate and stay productive across a distributed group
- Energy and determination to hit deadlines
- Strong written and verbal skills in English and Chinese
- Willingness to travel to Europe, the US, China and Taiwan
Qualifications
- Experience acting as a technical lead, making design decisions for a team
- Skill in software architecture and design
- Work touching Ubuntu internals, package building, virtualisation, containers, databases such as PostgreSQL and MongoDB, or platforms such as Kubernetes, OpenStack and Ceph
- Involvement in community open-source development
- Experience with CI/CD pipelines
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It is full-time.
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Strong communication in English and Chinese, both written and spoken, is required.
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