(Remote)Principal Engineer

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. We are hiring an Engineering Manager …
This role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Cloud technologies to build a career with Canonical and drive the success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products. If you have an affinity for open source development and a passion for technology, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
The BootStack team designs, builds, and operates modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for customers. From Kubernetes to OpenStack and everything in-between, you’ll be working with the latest technology in a fast-paced engineering environment. As a Cloud Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, you will be responsible for managing the engineers that oversee day-to-day Managed Service of customer environments, including customer service management, managed services operations and consistent product improvement engineering. Collaboration with customers, product engineering, and operations is critical to success.
Location: This is a globally remote role.
Manage a growing engineering team to optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations
Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes
Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner
Bachelors (or equivalent) education in a technology field
Proven track record of professional experience of either software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar and/or managing operations teams
Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Experience with Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian a plus
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Travel to team and company events and customer meetings, roughly 20% or less
We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. 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
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. 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 of software. Most colleagues at Canonical 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.