Software Engineering Manager
Pubblicato il 17-08-2026 - Canonical in Milano
Software Engineering Manager - Sustaining Engineering
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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.
We are hiring an Engineering Manager for Sustaining Engineering passionate about open source software, Linux and cloud computing. Sustaining Engineering is a business critical team that continuously improves various open source software by resolving software defects reported by customers.
As an engineering manager in the Sustaining Engineering team, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, making valuable contributions, and generally having a great experience at Canonical. Technical leadership and a solid background in software development are a must.
Responsibilities:
- Manage and lead a distributed team of engineers
- Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback and career development guidance to your team
- Manage & measure key performance indicators (KPIs), and training
- Support timely delivery of bug fixes, patches, and other technical solutions
- Demonstrate the very best of Canonical in customer interactions
- Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Advocate and advance modern software development practices
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture
- Collaborate with other teams in the organisation
- Work from home with global travel up to 10% for internal and external events
Requirements:
- Professional software delivery experience using C, C++, Go, Python, or similar
- Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
- Leadership experience displaying ability to organise and prioritise complex problem