[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 Manager – Ubuntu Core 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[USA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/usa.md), [Canada](https://jobicy.com/job-region/canada.md), [EMEA](https://jobicy.com/job-region/emea.md)+1 more, [LATAM](https://jobicy.com/job-region/latam.md)SalaryUndisclosedDepartment[Software Engineering](https://jobicy.com/categories/engineering.md)EmploymentFull TimeExperienceSeniorPublished27 Oct 2026Apply before26 Nov 2026Listing views37Application actions1Application 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. Canonical is seeking a technical Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team building Ubuntu Core system software for secure embedded Linux and IoT devices. The role combines people leadership, roadmap planning, stakeholder management, and hands-on engineering contributions across ARM, RISC-V, and x86 platforms. Candidates need strong embedded Linux expertise, practical Golang, C++, and Shell skills, and experience with agile software delivery. The manager will coach engineers, improve team practices, and drive reliable platform capabilities such as device recovery and container security. This is a remote role available across the Americas and EMEA, with periodic in-person team sprints. ## Role DNA A quick view of the complexity, pace, ownership and collaboration implied by the job description. ### Job Complexity 5/5EasyHard ### Pace & Pressure 4/5RelaxedFast-paced ### Autonomy Level 5/5GuidedFull ownership ### Communication Load 5/5IndependentCollaborative AI insightThis senior role requires both deep embedded-systems expertise and proven leadership of a distributed engineering organization. It involves delivering security-critical Linux platform software while aligning technical execution with multiple stakeholders and a product roadmap. ## Salary analysis Estimated compensation compared with the broader US market for similar roles. Estimated job median (per year)Market rate$180,000US market range (per year)$150k–$220k0$242.00k AI insightThe yearly pay period is inferred from the job context; it was not explicitly stated by the employer. No employer base-salary range is disclosed. The displayed figures are estimated annual USD market compensation for a senior embedded Linux engineering manager in the US market and are not employer-provided. ## Core skills Skills and capabilities most closely associated with this opportunity. 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My primary responsibility would remain creating clarity, developing engineers, and ensuring sustainable delivery rather than becoming a bottleneck for implementation. Describe how you would approach building reliable device recovery mechanisms for an immutable embedded Linux platform. I would begin by defining failure modes, recovery objectives, and security boundaries with product and hardware stakeholders. I would design for atomic updates, verified boot, rollback capability, telemetry, and testable recovery workflows, then validate behavior across representative hardware architectures and field conditions. How do you lead a distributed team across multiple time zones? I establish clear written goals, decision records, ownership boundaries, and predictable communication rhythms. I use asynchronous documentation for most decisions, protect focus time, rotate meeting times fairly when needed, and use one-to-ones to maintain trust, coaching, and early visibility into delivery risks. What factors would you consider when prioritizing work across ARM, RISC-V, and x86 Ubuntu Core deployments? I would assess customer impact, strategic platform commitments, security and reliability risk, hardware maturity, engineering effort, and dependencies. I would make trade-offs visible through a roadmap, define common abstractions where possible, and avoid fragmenting the team by prioritizing reusable platform capabilities. How would you improve engineering quality and delivery predictability in an agile embedded software team? I would strengthen planning around measurable outcomes, technical discovery, dependency management, and explicit risk tracking. Quality would be supported through automated testing, hardware-in-the-loop validation where appropriate, code review standards, release criteria, incident learning, and regular retrospectives that produce actionable improvements. Opportunity details ## About this role. Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the 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 75+ 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 technical engineering manager to redefine the embedded Linux experience with the smallest, most secure, and most reliable operating system in the IoT market. This is an opportunity for a technical leader passionate about open source software, Linux, containers, security, and the developer experience, to shape the future of Linux from the smallest systems up to desktops. This challenging role demands a high degree of technical skill as well as high caliber for inspiring and driving people. Our mission is to allow everyone to build robust solutions in various fields including but not limited to IoT, automotive, and aviation using the next generation secure embedded Linux operating system in a simple solution. We define a reliable and secure set of device recovery mechanisms that enable device manufacturers to simplify and standardize the field operations for fleets of heterogeneous appliances. As an engineering manager, you’ll lead a team of strong software developers to design and implement Ubuntu Core system software on various CPU architectures, such as ARM, RISC-V, and X86. You will meet stakeholders, prioritize requests, plan the roadmap and ensure the team can deliver their goals. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. ### The role entails * Building and leading a distributed team of engineers through hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and career development * Demonstrating sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward your team’s goals * Coaching and mentoring team members with hands-on career development * Effectively setting and managing expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders * Advocating and advancing modern, agile software development practices and helping develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices * Contributing to a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values * Actively participating in the leadership team and collaborating with other leaders in the organisation ### What we are looking for in you * Demonstrated competencies in embedded software development * Strong skills in Golang, C++ and Shell * A solid understanding of Linux and a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred * Love for developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it * Demonstrated ability of planning and executing to deliver high quality software in a timely manner * Solid experience working in an agile development environment * 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 * Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills ### Nice-to-have skills * Familiarity with an immutable Linux distribution, preferably Ubuntu Core * Experience with multiple CPU architectures such as ARM, RISC-V * Experience with Linux native containerization and security ### 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 * Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform * 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 our 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/157405-engineering-manager-ubuntu-core.md) > Annual salary information is not provided for this position. 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