Canonical: Engineering Manager - App Stores — Home based - Worldwide

About Canonical

Canonical develops open-source software and operating systems for enterprise and technology users. Its Ubuntu platform is used in cloud computing, data science, artificial intelligence, engineering and connected-device environments. The employer describes a distributed working model with periodic in-person team meetings. Its vacancies therefore span both software delivery and the business functions that support it. Applicants should check the location, time-zone and travel conditions attached to the individual role rather than assume every position is available from any country.

The position and its setting

Canonical lists Engineering Manager - App Stores in Home based - Worldwide, under reference 5127399. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: SaaS Engineering
• Employer listing date: 11 August 2023

Responsibilities and work described

• Leadership: a remote team of engineers in your time zone
• Development: talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• With your team, build clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang)
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open-source community and commercial partners

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Good experience in leading modern, agile software development practices
• Experience: forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Demonstrative experience of being a role model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing toward your team's goals
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal 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 timely delivery of high-quality software
• You value and nurture great team culture and spirit
• You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• Software development experience in Python (experience in Golang in addition to that would be a big plus)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with Linux system administration

Location, schedule and contract conditions

For this overseas or regional listing, confirm work authorisation and any location restrictions with the employer. The location does not establish visa sponsorship or permission to work remotely from India.

• Advertised location: Home based - Worldwide

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills
• In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation
• Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce
• In addition to a competitive base pay, we provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals
• Please note that additional benefits may apply depending on the work location and, for more information on these, you can ask in the later stages of the recruitment process
• Fully remote working environment - we’ve been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Engineering Manager - App Stores vacancy is not an offer for reference 5127399; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

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How to apply to Canonical

Applications follow the official employer page linked below.

Open the official Canonical posting below and match the title and reference 5127399.

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• APIs
• Linux
• AI
• sales
• recruitment
• stakeholder management
• communication