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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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Engineering Manager - Python and K8s that is passionate about building a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems. We are confident that we can dramatically improve the experience of running complex business operations - and then we can help our customers embrace those new techniques and products. Traditionally, IS is an inward-facing operation. We would like to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability at Canonical. Our internal workloads are in many cases the same open source workloads that our customers want to operate. This team will productise those workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.

As an engineering manager you'll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet.You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role. You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

• You'll lead a team focused on productising business workloads


• You will build and manage a regional team of engineers


• You'll develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback


• You will demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your team's goals


• Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement


• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders


• Advance modern, agile software development practices


• Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence


• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values


• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation


• Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events

• You have experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations


• You have a software engineering background, with proven Python experience


• You have experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIs


• You love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible


• You have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere


• You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it


• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development


• You have experience working in an agile development environment

• 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 a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.

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.

• Seniority level: Mid-Senior level


• Employment type: Full-time


• Job function: Engineering and Information Technology


• Industries: Software Development

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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. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring an Engineering Manager to lead one of our teams that work closely with Amazon, Microsoft, Google and other world-class cloud partners to optimize Ubuntu for their infrastructure. Our team builds, tests, and publishes the base Ubuntu images used by millions to ensure optimal performance and security in their cloud estate. We aim to deliver the very best public cloud VM experience, as well as specialized images for specific purposes on each cloud. Our goal is to celebrate and enable their particular points of differentiation on their clouds, while also ensure a common operating experience for their users.

As an engineering manager you need to bring both technical and management skills to the leadership of your team. You will also need to represent the team in direct partner engagement. You'll be responsible for the stability and functionality that our cloud users have come to expect. You will strive to automate the delivery of existing and new Ubuntu image products applied to all modern workloads from web servers to GPU-aided AI for servers, VM's and containers.

As an engineering manager at Canonical your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. As a lead for strong engineers, technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you're able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

We work in Python and Golang, and expect engineering managers to be fluent in the language, architecture and components that their team is building with. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the job. As manager, the commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality and performance optimisation are equally important technical responsibilities, as is the requirement for fair and clear management, and the obligation to ensure a high performing team.

The role entails

• Build and lead a team of engineers in your and similar timezones
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles and directly contribute toward your team's goals
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Lead modern, agile software development practices
• Ensure a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• Build automated, highly reliable image delivery, testing and publication pipelines
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open source community and commercial partners
• Work from home with global travel up to 15% for internal and external events
  
  

• You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software
• You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• You have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
• Software development experience in Python or Golang
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with at least one of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or AWS
  
  

• 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
  
  

• Seniority level Mid-Senior level

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Engineering and Information Technology
• Industries Software Development

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Job Role: Software Development Manager

Job Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Onsite)

Job Type: Permanent

• 12+ years in software development, withstrong expertise in Java/Spring Boot

• Lead design, development, and delivery ofAPI-driven, microservices-based e-commerce platforms.

• Provide technical leadership inJava, Spring Boot, and cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).

• Oversee end-to-endSDLC, CI/CD, DevOps, and code qualitypractices.

• Partner with Product, UX, and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

• Drive performance, scalability, and security improvements across applications.

• Mentor and grow engineering teams, fostering innovation and best practices.

• Manage stakeholders, budgets, and timelines for multiple projects.

• Fluent in Arabic

Job Role: Software Development Manager

Job Location: Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (Onsite)

Job Type: Permanent

• 12+ years in software development, withstrong expertise in Java/Spring Boot

• Lead design, development, and delivery ofAPI-driven, microservices-based e-commerce platforms.

• Provide technical leadership inJava, Spring Boot, and cloud-native architectures (AWS/Azure/GCP).

• Oversee end-to-endSDLC, CI/CD, DevOps, and code qualitypractices.

• Partner with Product, UX, and Business teams to translate requirements into scalable solutions.

• Drive performance, scalability, and security improvements across applications.

• Mentor and grow engineering teams, fostering innovation and best practices.

• Manage stakeholders, budgets, and timelines for multiple projects.

• Fluent in Arabic