Engineering Director - Commercial Systems

The role

The Engineering Director will oversee three software teams within the Commercial Systems unit. This role involves leading the development and operations of internal software products and the Livepatch security solution.

What you will do

• Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors
• Developing engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture
• Developing and evangelizing great engineering practices and processes
• Setting and implementing performance management with goals and objectives
• Identifying and measuring indicators of team health
• Being accountable for product development roadmaps
• Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team
• Expanding teams by hiring talent
• Collaborating with stakeholders and product users

Required qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Proven ability to drive multiple teams or large teams of software engineers to deliver outstanding results
• Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: Golang, Python, Java, or distributed integrations
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-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

• Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience
• Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles

Benefits

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About the company

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems, including the Ubuntu platform. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with over 1200 colleagues in more than 80 countries.