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.

Lead a GitOps/devops engineering team (remote, APAC and EMEA), drive daily agile practices, implement and raise standards for infrastructure-as-code and model-driven operations, ensure SLA-aligned delivery of managed services across public/private cloud, bare metal and Kubernetes, mentor engineers and coordinate projects. Requires Linux and operations expertise, experience delivering software via IaC and managing devops teams for SaaS or similar offerings. Role entails up to twice-yearly travel for company events.

Canonical seeks a Web Engineering Manager based remotely in EMEA to support and grow a team of web engineers, contribute technically, and collaborate across product and engineering teams. The role requires strong web development experience (TypeScript, React or Flutter), Linux familiarity, people management and responsibilities for design, testing, deployment and operational excellence; travel twice a year is required.

Lead and develop a team of security engineers responsible for responding to emerging threats, driving vulnerability remediation (CVE lifecycle), and collaborating with upstream open-source projects and customers. Role includes technical guidance, people management, coaching, planning and representing the team to stakeholders in a remote, worldwide setting.

Lead and grow a distributed engineering team to design and implement Ubuntu Core system software for various CPU architectures (ARM, RISC‑V, x86). Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, mentoring, roadmap planning, stakeholder management, direct technical contribution, and promoting agile practices. Required skills: embedded software development, Go, C++, Shell, solid Linux knowledge, and strong people-management experience. Remote role covering Americas and EMEA with periodic in-person team meetings.

Canonical seeks an Engineering Manager (remote, worldwide) to lead and develop a team of Python engineers focused on open-source automation, infrastructure-as-code, and DevOps workflows (Ubuntu, OpenStack, Kubernetes). Responsibilities include hiring, coaching, hands-on technical leadership, planning delivery, stakeholder coordination and occasional global travel (up to 10%).

Lead and develop a team of engineers to define and implement security standards and system hardening across the Ubuntu platform. Responsibilities include line management, coaching, driving engineering practices, representing the team to stakeholders, and supporting certification and compliance efforts (FIPS 140, CIS, DISA-STIG, FedRAMP, CRA). Requires experience with product security, relevant standards and benchmarks, agile environments, strong English communication, and occasional travel (twice yearly).

Lead and grow a regional engineering team focused on productising internal business workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes. Role requires strong software engineering background with proven Python experience, Docker/Kubernetes operations, technical leadership, and experience in agile practices; up to 20% global travel.

Remote Engineering Manager responsible for leading and developing engineers who build, test and publish Ubuntu base and specialized images for public cloud (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud). Role involves technical leadership (Python/Golang), architecture and code review, CI/CD and automation, partner engagement, agile delivery, and up to 15% travel.