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Senior Engineering Manager- Ubuntu Job Canonical
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The role entails
- Lead and grow a team of distributed engineers
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles through active and hands on leadership
- Be responsible for planning, estimation and execution
- Work with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
- Collaborate with cross-functional leadership teams
- Drive the advancement and adoption of the latest software development practices
- Design, embrace and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values
- Engage with other teams at Canonical to ensure alignment on product architecture and roadmaps
- Work from home while meeting in person for company sprints. Sprints are typically twice a year for 1-2 weeks.
What we are looking for in you
- You have worked extensively with Linux distributions, and are experienced with packaging technologies (e.g. deb, rpm, other)
- You have demonstrated experience managing or leading a team of software engineers
- High quality software engineering knowledge in one or more of: Linux system architecture, boot process, Java/GCC/Python/Rust/Go toolchains, ARM and/or RISC-V
- Engagement with open source communities and processes
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