Engineering Manager, MAAS
Canonical
- Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
- Daytona Beach, Florida, United States
About
About Canonical Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company boasts over 1,200 colleagues in more than 80 countries and is founder‑led, profitable, and growing.
Role Overview As an Engineering Manager, you will lead the expanding MAAS team, delivering the Metal as a Service platform that brings cloud‑style, on‑demand API provisioning to private bare‑metal infrastructure. MAAS is a rapidly evolving stack written in Python and Go, spanning hardware detection, provisioning, web interface, API, and CLI.
Responsibilities
Lead a distributed engineering team organized by time zone (Americas, EMEA, etc.)
Develop and mentor talent through coaching, feedback, and career planning
Manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
Advocate and advance modern software development practices
Participate in engineering process through code and architectural reviews
Engage with broader teams at Canonical, the open‑source community, and partners
Travel to internal and external global events for 4 to 6 weeks per year
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in Computer Science or related field
Proven experience delivering software with Python, Golang, or similar languages
Experience with Linux system administration (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
Familiarity with modern Linux cloud computing technologies – networking, storage, containers, and K8s
Technical aptitude for complex distributed systems
Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Ability to mentor, develop, and support team membersResult‑oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Nice‑to‑Have Skills
Typescript and modern web frameworks (React, Angular, Svelte, Vue)
Data center infrastructure management and design
Benefits
Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review and recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave, maternity and paternity leave, employee assistance programme
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events
Location Work‑from‑anywhere position available in EMEA or the Americas.
Job Details
Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
Employment type: Full‑time
Job function: Engineering and Information Technology
Industry: Software Development
Equal Opportunity Employer Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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Languages
- English
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