Software Engineering Director

This is the general track for Engineering Director at Canonical, apply here if you are confident to run a project which spans teams and time zones, hiring and managing engineering managers and staff engineers.
Canonical’s largest software products are built by multiple teams working together under a single director of engineering. Once you have passed the first round of interviews we will discuss specific software products which would be a good fit for your interests.
We believe that open source is just starting to transform the tech sector and enterprise compute. Our goal is to make open source easier, more reliable and more secure for deployment and development. We strive to be the provider of ‘most software to most companies’. To deliver on that ambition, our engineers are carefully selected from the applicants across the globe. Our engineering directors set the pace and the direction to help teams achieve more than they realised they could, and feel proud of the result.
Even though this is a senior management position, managing managers, we expect Engineering Directors to be outstanding developers with the confidence to lead by example across the full range of activities in their teams. You need to understand what great code looks like in the language and genre of your product - whether that is a web service, or a system daemon, or a desktop application, or a distributed system. You’ll need to know how to drive testing and benchmarking to improve the clarity in your teams around quality and performance. We have director level 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
Servers
If your domain of expertise isn’t listed above, yet you feel it’s relevant to Canonical, then feel free to apply anyway. Location: The role is remote, with positions available in all time zones. It includes a requirement for global travel for twice per year, for trips up to two weeks long.

Lead multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
Hire staff level engineers for specific roles like performance and quality
Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
An 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
Extensive management experience and confidence to set high expectations
Outstanding Linux based software engineering track record
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
You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
You have solid experience working in an agile development environment
Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Experience in a developer advocacy or community role
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. Annual compensation review
Annual holiday leave
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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 on a daily basis. Canonical has been a remote-first company since its 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.