# Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager

Canonical's Device Delivery Team works with tier-1 OEM and ODM customers to pre-load Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing Ubuntu directly to millions of users. As a Software Engineering Manager you will lead and manage the software engineering team to deliver OEM enablement projects. This fast-paced environment requires excellent time management, deep knowledge of the Linux system, low-level debugging, critical thinking, problem-solving skills and management ability. Key responsibilities Recruit, motivate, mentor, and enable your team to succeed in delivering quality products Set goals with the team; prioritize tasks, identify and measure team health indicators Maximise the results of team members and support their career growth Coordinate with project managers, HWE, QA and certification management Monitor projects from kickoff to post-mortem and handle escalations Communicate, understand, and resolve the technical challenge with OEMs, ODMs, SiPs, IHVs Prioritize customer requests globally Collaborate with product engineering teams (including Desktop, Foundations, Kernel, and Security) Provide leadership for methodologies, strategies, standards, tools, and best practices Must b

- **Id**: 89989
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/canonical-linux-enablement-software-engineering-manager-2>
- **Role**: Leadership
- **Role family**: Leadership
- **Seniority**: lead
- **Work mode**: on_site
- **Hiring geo confidence**: structured
- **Locations**: Beijing, China
- **Countries**: CN
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2024-05-15T18:35:04Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-08-05
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-07T09:26:05Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 905
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 2792
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Cloud Platforms (IaaS & PaaS), Operating Systems, Virtualization & Containers

## Company

- **Id**: 17888
- **Name**: Canonical
- **Domain**: canonical.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/canonical>
- **Size band**: 1001-5000
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Greenhouse

### Truth index

- **Grade**: D
- **Score**: 48
- **Open postings**: 264
- **Ghost share**: 0.943
- **Stale share**: 0
- **Repost share**: 0
- **Time to fill p50 days**: 2
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

## Salary estimate

- **Min usd**: 35000
- **Max usd**: 102000
- **Period**: year
- **Method**: global_role_cell_scaled_by_country
- **Sample n**: 2356

## Technologies

- **Debian** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **Ubuntu** — Optional: no
- **CI/CD** — Optional: yes
- **Kubernetes** — Optional: yes
- **KVM** — Optional: yes
- **OpenStack** — Optional: yes
- **PostgreSQL** — Optional: yes
- **Python** — Optional: yes
- **QEMU** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ghost
- **Repost count**: 0
- **Flags**: stale, company_stale
- **Days open**: 905

## Requirements

- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Languages

- Language: English; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no
- Language: Chinese; Level: Upper-Intermediate (B2); Optional: no

## Hiring locations

- **China** — Iso: CN; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2024-05-15T18:35:04Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 6
- **Band**: cold
- **Label**: Long shot
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.197
- **P room**: 0.28
- **Age days**: 905
- **Expected fill days**: 2
- **Reasons**: conf:0, stale_co, velocity, ghost, win:tail, crowd:brand
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-07T05:47:08Z

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