We are hiring engineering managers who are passionate about operational systems, open source technologies and cutting-edge hardware to lead engineering teams to enable and optimize Ubuntu for the latest x86, ARM, RISC-V, s390x and POWER systems.

We partner with the world's leading silicon vendors to optimise Ubuntu on their latest platforms. We integrate next-generation features and performance enhancements in Ubuntu while also ensuring a common operating experience for their users.

Engineering Managers should be outstanding developers themselves. They should be completely at home reviewing a patch or a software design spec. You will be expected to drive healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality and performance optimisations as well as lead your team to deliver high-quality design and code.

An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team and product from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.

You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

Location: This is a globally remote role. We have open positions in every time zone.

What your day will look like

Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
Oversee commercial engagements and support timely delivery on agreed project milestones
Participate as technical lead on complex customer engagements involving complete system architectures
Implement disciplined engineering processes
Integrate and maintain platform-oriented software stacks
Optimize Ubuntu for latest hardware platforms
Display technical leadership internally and within our external communities
Contribute to code reviews and technical documentation
Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

What we are looking for in you

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
Fluency in C, C++, and Python
Experience with Linux and operational systems software (e.g. kernel or user space)
Experience with Debian/Ubuntu or other distro packaging
Experience leading software engineering teams
Professional written and spoken English
Confidence to respectfully speak up, exchange feedback, and share ideas without hesitation
Thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

Experience working with open source communities and licenses
Computer architecture knowledge of x86, ARM, RISC-V or s390x
Understanding of build systems and toolchains, including for cross-compilation
Experience working with customers
Experience with board bring up and validation
Experience with Linux virtualization, networking or graphics stacks
Experience with one or more of the follow
Experience with Docker/OCI containers/K8s
ing technologies: confidential computing, RDMA, Infiniband and high performance computing.
Performance engineering, benchmarking and profiling

Software Platform Engineering Manager - Ubuntu for Next-Gen Silicon

Anywhere in the world

Remote

Senior

Canonical