Lead and develop a team of software and quality engineers to deliver automated testing infrastructure and CI/CD improvements for Canonical's distributed and cloud solutions. Role requires strong software engineering judgement, hands-on technical ability (Python or Go), experience with distributed systems and cloud technologies, and proven people leadership. Remote role typically aligned to Americas or EMEA timezones; occasional travel (~twice a year).

Lead and develop managers and field engineering teams focused on telco and cloud solutions (Ubuntu, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, etc.), participate in technical presales and delivery, and shape team direction and engineering practices. Requires strong telco cloud technical knowledge (NFVi/NFVO/VNFM/MEC, SR-IOV, DPDK, etc.), people management experience, and willingness to travel up to 25%.

Canonical seeks a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Ubuntu Foundations Package Management team. The role combines people management and hands-on technical leadership across package management (APT, dpkg), firmware and driver management, release engineering, and system lifecycle infrastructure. The position is remote (worldwide), requires collaboration with Ubuntu and upstream projects (including Debian), and includes biannual travel for team events.

Role leads three engineering teams (managed by engineering managers) delivering and operating Golang/Python/Java-based services for billing, contracts/CPQ, and Livepatch (kernel patch delivery). Responsibilities include people management, engineering practices, product roadmaps, stakeholder collaboration, hiring, and measuring team health. Requires professional English and willingness to travel internationally twice a year.

Lead the Business Data unit comprising Business Systems (NetSuite, Salesforce), Data Lake (data mesh using Trino, Ranger, Superset) and Integrations (Python workflows with Temporal, ETL via Airbyte). Accountable for team leadership, engineering quality, roadmaps, hiring, stakeholder collaboration, and measuring team health; role is remote within EMEA and requires international travel ~twice a year.

Canonical is hiring Engineering Managers (including Senior Managers) to lead teams across Ubuntu Foundations, Server, Desktop and Debcrafters. Responsibilities include owning technical roadmaps, team growth and coaching, architecture and code reviews, planning and execution, working with product management, and contributing to upstream open source. Requires a software engineering background, technical leadership experience, professional English, and significant experience with one or more of Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++. Role is remote with travel up to twice a year for in-person team events.

Lead a distributed Field Engineering team designing, deploying and handing over cloud and on-premise open source solutions (Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubeflow, Spark, PostgreSQL, etc.). Responsibilities include line management, coaching and mentoring, technical presales, representing the team to stakeholders, driving engineering practices and delivering projects; role is home-based worldwide and may require up to 25% travel.

Remote global role leading teams within Ubuntu Engineering (Foundations, Server, Desktop, Debcrafters). Responsibilities include technical roadmap ownership, architecture and code reviews, planning and execution, mentoring and career development, contributing to upstream open source, optimizing Ubuntu for performance/reliability/security, debugging complex system-level problems, and improving documentation. Required: technical leadership, software engineering background, professional English, significant experience with Rust/Go/Python/Flutter/C/C++ and Linux.

Lead and grow a globally distributed engineering team to define and execute the automotive engineering roadmap, ensure Linux distribution and products meet automotive and industrial standards (e.g., ISO21434, ISO26262, IEC 61508, ASPICE, UNECE R155/R156), represent Canonical in automotive communities and consortia, drive technical strategy, improve delivery quality and developer experience, and work cross-functionally with Product Management and senior leadership. Role requires hands-on software and embedded systems background (C/C++, Python), Linux expertise, experience with functional safety and automotive compliance, and people leadership in agile environments.

Canonical seeks a Python Engineering Manager based remotely in EMEA to lead teams in the Commercial Systems unit. Responsibilities include accountability for an internal product's design and development, developing direct reports, driving process and design improvements, and aligning engineering work with business needs. Relevant domain areas in the unit include data governance (Trino, Ranger), SaaS user management and onboarding, ETL/integrations, and performance/SRE practices. Role requires professional English and ability to travel internationally twice a year.

Responsible for managing a professional, distributed support team including skills development, performance management, operational control and meeting SLAs. Role requires strong Linux CLI experience, leadership and customer-focus, with work on Ubuntu, cloud (including OpenStack/public cloud) and virtualization technologies, and contribution to support knowledge and processes.

Lead Canonical's effort to make Ubuntu suitable for highly regulated, mission-critical systems by translating regulatory and certification demands into concrete engineering practices. Work across teams to define and implement continuous improvement processes, qualification requirements, and quality measurement methods; engage with external standards groups. Requires strong engineering and process management experience in agile environments, knowledge or certification of standards such as ISO/IEC 25010 or ASPICE, experience with Linux, and experience leading compliance and certification efforts.

Canonical seeks a Kernel Engineering Manager to transition technical leaders (senior engineers, tech leads) into people and project management. Responsibilities include leading and mentoring distributed kernel engineers, managing delivery/testing/maintenance of Ubuntu kernels across cloud, server, desktop, and IoT, collaborating with silicon and cloud partners, owning release cycles, and driving engineering quality. Requires strong technical background in systems software/C and experience with Linux or OS kernels, packaging (Ubuntu/Debian/Snap) and professional English; some international travel (~twice yearly).

Manage and grow a regional Sustaining Engineering team (people management, hiring, coaching, KPIs). Support delivery of bug fixes, patches and technical solutions across technologies including Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Juju and MAAS. Role is remote (Home Based - Americas) with up to 10% travel.

Lead a remote engineering team working on LXD and related stack across kernel, virtualization, storage and networking (KVM, Ceph, SDN). Responsibilities include people development (coaching, mentoring), setting expectations with stakeholders, participating in code and architecture review, and engaging with internal teams and the open source community. Role is remote in EMEA and the Americas with ~4–6 weeks annual travel. Requires strong Linux/cloud infrastructure background and experience leading engineering teams; programming experience in C and/or Go is requested.

Lead and grow a regional engineering team to redesign and deliver the next generation of Landscape (SaaS and on‑prem) for managing large Ubuntu estates. Role requires technical leadership (Python/Golang, backend services, PostgreSQL, RabbitMQ, HAProxy, ReactJS), hands‑on involvement in architecture and code review, agile delivery, mentoring, and collaboration with product and other teams. Remote (Home Based - Americas) with ~4–6 weeks/year travel.

Canonical seeks an Engineering Director to lead multiple distributed teams and manage engineering managers and staff engineers across a range of domains (e.g., Python, Go, C/C++, Rust, web, systems, security). Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, setting and measuring engineering processes and team health, representing products to stakeholders, and ensuring delivery quality. Role is remote (worldwide) and requires travel twice per year. Strong Linux-based software engineering background, extensive management experience, excellent English communication, and open source engagement are required.

Manage and lead a distributed site reliability/devops team in APAC and EMEA, delivering managed services and infrastructure-as-code solutions. Responsibilities include day-to-day agile devops practices, stakeholder representation, project coordination, mentoring engineers, implementing engineering and operations processes, and meeting service level agreements. Role requires strong Linux and operations expertise, experience with cloud and container technologies (Kubernetes), and willingness to travel twice yearly.

Lead a Business Systems engineering team accountable for the design and development of internal products (including NetSuite and Salesforce), develop direct reports, improve processes and solutions, and work closely with operations and business teams to implement business processes and maintain compliance. Requires software development experience with Salesforce, NetSuite or other CRM/ERP systems, strong English communication and presentation skills, and willingness to travel internationally twice a year.

Manage an engineering team responsible for day-to-day managed services of customer environments (OpenStack, Kubernetes, private infrastructure), focusing on development and operations velocity, team health, engineering discipline, and meeting SLAs. Role requires experience with OpenStack, Linux/Ubuntu, software delivery or operations management (Python/Go/C/C++/Java listed), agile practices, testing, and working with distributed teams; travel up to ~20%.