Engineering Manager – Web at Canonical

Job Description We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely and more cost effectively than any other company. If you’re interested in a career at Canonical, we are a remote-first company so please apply to any suitable role as skills are valued more than location, despite some having a preferred geographic preference. What you will do: Collaborate proactively with a distributed teamWrite high quality code to create new featuresDebug issues and produce high quality code to fix themConsistently provide high-quality code reviews to other engineersDemonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing to your team’s goalsEstimate work, set goals, and meet themWrite briefs, epics, and specifications and understand risksWork from home with global travel 4 to 6 weeks for internal and external eventsUnderstand completion criteria and push work to completionHelp mentor other engineers and manage staff.Work to reduce complexityEffectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholdersSupport timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needsAdvocate and advance modern, agile software development practices and help develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practicesBuild and lead a globally distributed team of web engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career developmentSupport timely delivery of technical solutions to address business needsGrow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company valuesBe an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation Who You Are You are knowledgeable and passionate about web and software developmentYou are curious, flexible, articulate, and accountableYou try to learn and use web best practices in your workYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedYou take web best practices into account with your workYou have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degreeYou have solid experience working in an agile development environmentYou drive work to completionYou take operational considerations (CI, updating, monitoring, observability, life-cycle management) into accountYou value soft skills and are passionate, enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivatedYou follow industry trends and new technologiesYou’re capable of representing your team as a subject matter expertYou have the ability to own architecture and solve larger technical challengesYou’re seen as a trusted advisor for your area of expertise within CanonicalYou’re capable of representing your team in the absence of managementYou understand and value how you do what you do as well as what you doYou love developing and growing healthy teams and have a track record of doing itYou are knowledgeable and passionate about software development and organisational managementYou value getting things done by turning product vision into executable strategy We offer Remote first: % remote working with the opportunity to travel to Sprints. We meet a couple of times a year in interesting places all around the world to come together to collaborate. These Sprints see circa people come together. This year we have travelled to Frankfurt, Copenhagen, Montreal and Prague!Personal development: Annual budget allowance and time to focus on areas you want to improve.Compensation: eligibility for annual pay review including bonuses.Recognition: The ability to possibly be rewarded and recognised by others for the work you do.Travel: Priority Pass for lounge access when flying to sprints. International SOS membership to support you whilst travelling.