Lead cross-functional programs across engineering, product, and design: define scope, milestones, success metrics, run program rituals, track dependencies, and drive launch readiness. Requires 5+ years managing technical programs and strong technical fluency (APIs, web systems, CI/CD, cloud, observability, security basics).

Senior technical leader (7+ years experience) responsible for hiring and coaching engineers, defining technical strategy for developer platforms and dashboards, ensuring delivery health and on-call/incident practices, and driving architecture across front-end (React), back-end (Node.js, tRPC encouraged) and deployments (Docker + CI/CD). Experience shipping and operating production systems, observability, and balancing speed with quality in startup environments required.

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%.

Manage and develop a distributed engineering team responsible for distributed tracing or service mesh products within Canonical's Observability group. Role involves hands-on coding, code review, architecture leadership, team health and processes, collaboration with product and other engineering managers, and occasional travel (up to 4 times/year). Requires professional English and experience with Linux, Kubernetes and observability concepts; Python and Go experience are desirable.

Lead and develop a distributed team of engineers to deliver Ubuntu integration and performance enhancements across kernel-to-GUI stacks for IoT and server-class hardware. Manage partner relationships and commercial engagements, ensure timely delivery on project milestones, maintain quality standards, and collaborate across internal teams. Role requires Linux/distribution experience, debian packaging knowledge, technical leadership, customer-facing experience, and effective English communication.

Remote manager role (Americas) responsible for leading and developing Field Engineers across presales and professional services, solving customer problems with Canonical's Ubuntu/embedded Linux solutions, and driving disciplined engineering and organisational practices. Requires strong embedded Linux and firmware experience, proficiency in at least one of Golang, Python, C, C++ or Rust, experience managing a small team, and professional English communication.

Manage and grow a SecOps team responsible for designing and operating Canonical's SOC and security practices. Own SOC architecture and tooling, define playbooks and KPIs, detect/contain/remediate threats, contribute to product and open source security, run threat modelling and tabletop exercises, collaborate on SecOps learning and development, and present/report security performance.