Canonical is hiring a
Software Engineering Director in Worldwide

Summary

The job is for an Engineering Director at Canonical, a remote position that requires global travel twice a year. The role involves leading multiple teams of engineers, hiring staff level engineers, and representing the product to stakeholders. The ideal candidate should have extensive management experience, outstanding Linux-based software engineering track record, excellent communication skills, and a love for developing and growing people.

Requirements

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Extensive management experience and confidence to set high expectations
• Outstanding Linux based software engineering track record
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• Public speaking and presentation skills
• A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
• Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring software developers
• Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to deliver to schedule
• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
• Advanced expertise in your own domain
• Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• Demonstrated drive for continual learning
• Builds trust, relationships and confidence
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Develop your engineering managers and maintain Canonical culture
• Hire staff level engineers for specific roles like performance and quality
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure indicators of team health and productivity
• Ensure rounded delivery including community participation and docs
• Implement disciplined engineering processes and defend them
• Set and measure progress against benchmark goals for speed and efficiency
• Represent your product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
• Collaborate with leads for related or dependent products

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
• Open source community engagement and leadership
• Ops and system administration experience
• Performance engineering and security experience

Benefits

• 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
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events