Linux Enablement
Pubblicato il 20-09-2026 - Canonical in Milano
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Canonical's Device Delivery Team works with tier-1 OEM and ODM customers to pre-load Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing Ubuntu directly to millions of users.
As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and manage the software engineering team to deliver OEM enablement projects. This environment requires excellent time management, deep Linux system knowledge, low-level debugging skills, critical thinking, problem-solving abilities, and management experience.
Recruit, motivate, mentor, and enable your team to succeed in delivering quality products.
Maximize the results of team members and support their career growth.
Coordinate with project managers, HWE, QA, and certification management.
Monitor projects from kickoff to post-mortem and handle escalations.
Prioritize customer requests globally.
Collaborate with product engineering teams (including Desktop, Foundations, Kernel, and Security).
Provide leadership for methodologies, strategies,
standards, tools, and best practices.
Required Skills And Experience
A Bachelor (or higher) degree in STEM, preferably in computer science or software engineering.
Proven track record in technical roles with Linux, preferably Ubuntu or Debian.
Commitment to development and testing methodologies, and maintainable code quality.
Experience with management responsibilities.
Commitment and energy to deliver on schedule.
Strong English and Chinese language communication skills, both written and verbal.
Desirable Skills And Experience
Making technical decisions for a team as a tech lead.
Software architecture and design experience.
Software development or operations experience with: Ubuntu - kernel and userspace, deb/snap packaging, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Containers, Python, Go, C, bash, Postgresql, Mongo, Kubernetes, OpenStack, Ceph, AI/ML.
Participation in open-source development projects.
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