What you'll do

• Work with bleeding edge and early access systems and hardware
• Ensure an ongoing commitment to industry-leading quality, reliability and security standards
• Proactively identify security and stability issues by devising ingenious new ways to break the Linux kernel
• Contribute to the development of an advanced Linux kernel build service
• Engage with other teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners
• Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events

Who you are

• Innovative out-of-the-box style thinker not afraid to break things
• Significant programming experience in Python, with strong C skills highly regarded
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral
• Someone with high standards for overall quality, and not afraid to ensure they are met
• At ease working in several different technical domains concurrently
• Substantial experience in Linux system configuration, customization, and deployment
• Solid understanding Linux kernel internals and development principles
• Deep knowledge of security as it relates to the Linux kernel
• Productive in a globally distributed team through self-discipline and self-motivation, delivering on time
• Contributed to an open source project in the past
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies
• Earned a bachelor's (or equivalent university level) degree, preferably in a technology field

What Canonical Offers:

• Learning and development
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

Key responsibilities

• Build and lead a team of engineers in your region
• 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 4-6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Valued Skills And Experience

• 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 Linux system administration

What Canonical offers:

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

What You'll Do

• Lead a distributed team of engineers in your time zone
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, leading by example, and feedback
• Support timely delivery of core and specialised Ubuntu kernels
• Oversee commercial engagements that require custom kernel engineering
• Ensure an ongoing commitment to strict quality and reliability standards
• Engage with other teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners
• Work from home with travel globally 2-6 times a year for internal and external engineering events

Who You Are

• Significant programming experience in C, with Python, Golang, or other like languages also highly regarded
• Substantial experience with Linux kernel internals and concepts
• Solid understanding Linux kernel development principles
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers
• Contributed to an open source project in the past
• Understanding of agile software development methodologies
• Ability to communicate effectively in English, both written and oral
• Earned a bachelor's (or equivalent university level) degree, preferably in a technology field