[All remote jobs](https://jobicy.com/jobs.md)[![Canonical logo](https://jobicy.com/data/server-nyc0409/galaxy/mercury/2025/06/b4d068a9-221-1.png)](https://jobicy.com/company/canonical-ltd.md)[Canonical](https://jobicy.com/company/canonical-ltd.md) # Engineering Director – Business Data Review the role, location requirements, compensation details, and application process before deciding whether this opportunity fits your next career move. [Apply for this job](#job-application)[View company](https://jobicy.com/company/canonical-ltd.md)ShareRemote from[EMEA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/emea.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceDirectorPublished23 Oct 2026Apply before22 Nov 2026Listing views38Application actions2Application toolkit ## Make your next move. Prepare your resume, explore your fit, and draft a cover letter for this opportunity. AI Summary ## The role, at a glance. This Engineering Director role leads the Business Data unit, comprising teams responsible for business systems, data lake capabilities, and systems integrations. The director manages engineering managers and engineers while owning delivery roadmaps, engineering standards, performance management, team health, and hiring. The technical scope includes Salesforce, NetSuite, Python, data governance, Temporal, Airbyte, Trino, Ranger, and Superset. Success requires senior engineering leadership, strong stakeholder partnership, and the ability to operate effectively in a distributed EMEA organization. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 5/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThe role combines leadership of multiple engineering teams with accountability for mission-critical internal systems, data governance, integrations, and delivery outcomes. It requires both organizational leadership depth and credible technical judgment across a broad enterprise-data stack. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$190,000US market range (per year)$160k–$230k0$253.00k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer salary was disclosed. The annual USD figures are AI-estimated US-market benchmarks for a senior engineering director leading multiple business systems, data engineering, and integration teams; the yearly cadence is inferred from the senior full-time role convention. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. [Engineering leadership](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Engineering%20leadership.md)[People management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=People%20management.md)[Software engineering](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Software%20engineering.md)[Data engineering](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20engineering.md)[Data governance](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20governance.md)[Salesforce](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Salesforce.md)[NetSuite](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=NetSuite.md)[Python](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Python.md)[Systems integration](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Systems%20integration.md)[Temporal](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Temporal.md)[Airbyte](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Airbyte.md)[Data mesh](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Data%20mesh.md)[Roadmap ownership](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Roadmap%20ownership.md)[Performance management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Performance%20management.md)[Stakeholder management](https://jobicy.com/jobs?search_keywords=Stakeholder%20management.md) Sample interview questionsHow have you led several engineering teams with different technical domains and delivery dependencies?I establish a shared operating model with clear team charters, measurable outcomes, roadmap dependencies, and regular leadership reviews. I empower managers to own execution while ensuring cross-team architectural decisions and risks are visible early. Describe your approach to governing enterprise data while still enabling teams to use it quickly. I treat governance as a product capability: define ownership, data classifications, access controls, lineage, and quality expectations, then automate those controls in the data platform. This gives users self-service access within clear security and compliance boundaries. What would you prioritize in the first 90 days leading a Business Data organization? I would learn the systems landscape, team health, stakeholder needs, roadmap commitments, and operational risks. I would then align managers on a small set of measurable objectives, clarify ownership and dependencies, and address the highest-impact reliability, security, or delivery gaps. How do you develop engineering managers in a distributed organization? I use frequent structured one-to-ones, coaching on real leadership situations, explicit expectations, and feedback based on observable outcomes. I also create peer learning opportunities and ensure managers have ownership of hiring, performance, planning, and technical-quality decisions. How do you balance operational reliability with delivery of new capabilities for internal business systems? I reserve capacity for reliability, security, technical debt, and support work alongside roadmap investments. Service metrics, incident reviews, and stakeholder impact help us make explicit trade-offs rather than allowing urgent operational work to silently displace planned delivery. Opportunity details ## About this role. Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder led, profitable and growing. We are hiring an Engineering Director, who strives for taking ownership of the development and operations of internal business systems integrations, a full data mesh solution built on top of leading open-source software, and the configuration of Salesforce, NetSuite, and other internal business systems. A successful candidate has a track record of leading the configuration, development and integrations of business systems, such as Salesforce or NetSuite, and data engineering/governance solutions. Such a candidate adheres to high engineering quality standards, and continuously develops their skills as well as skills of their direct reports. This is an exciting opportunity to work with highly enthusiastic people on exciting innovative engineering solutions supporting Canonical’s growth and learn a lot about engineering for the business. The engineering director will lead the Business Data unit that is conceived as three engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and data analytics and reporting. We are looking for a software engineering director to oversee the three software teams led by software engineering managers. The Business Systems team is responsible for systems such as NetSuite, Salesforce, and several others. The engineers work closely with operations teams, implement business processes, and keep the systems compliant, while delivering first class experience to Canonical employees using those systems to get their job done. The Data Lake team is responsible for building a comprehensive data mesh solution with a secure and well-governed access to data sets originating at many internal and external data sources. The team works with well-known open-source tools such as Trino, Ranger, and Superset, and develops tooling facilitating data governance processes. The Integrations team is responsible for the integrations between internal and external systems used at Canonical and onboarding of new data sources to the data mesh. The team designs, develops, and operates Python workflows leveraging an open-source workflow orchestration engine Temporal. The team also integrates internal and external data sources into the data mesh using open-source ETL solution Airbyte, enabling more data driven decisions in the organization. Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. ### The role entails * Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors * Developing your engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture in their teams * Developing and evangelize great engineering practices and processes in the teams * Setting and implementing solid performance management with performance goals and objectives with your direct reports and teams * Identifying and measuring indicators of team health, and take action where needed * Being accountable for the product development roadmaps in the teams * Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team, collaborating with other leaders * Expanding your teams by hiring great talent * Collaborating with stakeholders and product users ### What we are looking for in you * 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: CRM/ERP systems, Python, data engineering/governance, 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 skills * Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience * Experience with compliance ### What we offer colleagues We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally. * 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 Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence – in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004.​ Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.[Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.](https://canonical.com/careers/diversity/identity) #LI-remote Show more [Apply now >](https://jobicy.com/jobs/156569-engineering-director-business-data.md) > Annual salary information is not provided for this position. 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