Engineering Manager - Build and Release Infrastructure

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.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring an Engineering Manager to shape the Future of Open-Source Development with Launchpad. You will play a pivotal role in guiding the team, fostering technical excellence, and shaping the strategic direction of Launchpad's continued success.

As an engineering manager, you will inspire and mentor a team of talented engineers, helping them develop their skills and achieve career growth. You will shape technical direction, influencing strategic decisions and ensuring the successful execution of initiatives.

Responsibilities:

• Grow a high-performing engineering team, fostering an environment of collaboration and technical excellence.
• Coach, mentor, and provide hands-on career development opportunities, ensuring engineers achieve their full potential.
• Apply sound engineering principles to solve complex challenges and directly contribute to your team's technical goals.
• Build strong relationships with stakeholders across teams, management, and external partners, driving alignment and shared success.
• Spearhead the continuous development of Launchpad—the backbone for world-class software like Ubuntu.
• Lead the ongoing development of Launchpad, the infrastructure on which great software like Ubuntu is built.
• Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices.
• Cultivate a collaborative, inclusive, and innovative work environment that aligns with company values.
• Work closely with the broader leadership team to shape the direction of engineering efforts.

Requirements:

• Experience driving the success of a distributed team, ensuring seamless feature delivery and robust production services at scale.
• Outstanding track record of inspiring, mentoring, and developing engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and professional growth.
• Deep technical expertise and passion to fuel innovation, enabling your team to solve complex challenges with confidence.
• Proven ability to lead teams to build and ship high-quality software, pushing the boundaries of scalability and reliability.
• Experience designing and evolving distributed systems that power mission-critical applications and future-proof infrastructure.
• Effective communication skills, ensuring alignment across teams and stakeholders with clear, persuasive communication.
• Track record of driving agile methodologies, fostering adaptability, collaboration, and efficiency in a fast-moving environment.

What we offer:

• 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.
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues.
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.