Senior Leadership Role

This is a general track for first-level engineering management positions at a leading tech firm. The company believes that open source is transforming the tech sector and enterprise compute. Its goal is to make open source easier, more reliable, and secure for deployment and development.

The company strives to be the provider of software to most companies. To deliver on this ambition, its engineers are carefully selected from applicants across the globe. They are chosen for brilliance and motivation to take open source to the next level.

Engineering managers help teams achieve more than they realised they could, and feel proud of the result. They are trusted engineers who understand the importance of a whole-team effort in creating great products and who enjoy seeing colleagues develop.

They contribute code themselves to set the standard for coding, but know that the code they write is far less significant than their ability to shape the team's direction, focus, and delivery. The company grows management skills and trains engineers interested in soft skills to be managers.

A typical first-level software engineering team is based in a single time zone, such as EMEA or Americas, or APAC, with an Engineering Manager and a Senior Engineer dedicated to a single product, working as a team to shape the roadmap, technical strategy, code, documentation, and community engagement.

Both are capable of coding and are leaders comfortable assigning work and maintaining expectations of delivery. They will both be expected to take management training so they speak the same language when it comes to team behaviours, habits, routines, norms, and standards, but they focus on different sides of the problem.

An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. Developing engineering talent, representing your team and product from a technical perspective, and driving collaboration with other teams and customers are critical to success in this role.

The company has open manager roles across a wide range of engineering domains, including:

• Python and Golang
• C / C++ / Rust
• Data infrastructure
• HTML / CSS / JavaScript / Typescript / React
• Flutter
• Distro packaging and systems
• SAAS and web microservices
• Kernel
• Servers
• Graphics, Browser and Desktop
• Silicon enablement and embedded devices
• Product Security

If your domain of expertise isn't listed above, you can still apply. You will be routed to the most suitable team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Work remotely in a single major time zone, sometimes two
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and 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

Requirements:

• Exceptional academic track record from high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above and beyond expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• 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 of interacting with colleagues, partners, and the community
• Advanced expertise in your 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

Nice to have:

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

About us:

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits reflecting our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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

About us:

We are a pioneering tech firm changing the world of software. 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 making a significant impact. 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 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.

We are an equal opportunity employer. We 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.