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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.\nThe company is founder led, profitable and growing.\nOur Ubuntu Engineering teams build the operating system platform used by millions of developers, enterprises, device makers, cloud providers, and open source communities worldwide.\nLocation: We have remote roles open in every time zone.\nAbout the team\nThe Ubuntu Foundations Package Management team, as part of the broader Ubuntu Foundations organisation, develops and maintains the software management infrastructure that underpins every Ubuntu system.\nThe team owns technologies at the heart of Ubuntu's software, driver, firmware, and upgrade experience, including APT, dpkg, firmware management, and driver management.\nIts mission is to provide the technologies that enable Ubuntu systems to be installed, maintained, updated, upgraded, and managed throughout their lifecycle. The team balances innovation with the stability and reliability expected from one of the world's most widely used Linux distributions.\nThe team works across the full engineering lifecycle, from roadmap definition and architecture through implementation, testing, release engineering, and upstream collaboration, ensuring the continued evolution of the technologies that manage software, drivers, firmware, and upgrades across Ubuntu systems.\nThe Role\nWe are looking for a Software Engineering Manager to lead the Ubuntu Foundations Package Management team.\nThis is a technical leadership role combining people management with active engineering involvement. You will lead a team of experienced engineers responsible for the package management and system lifecycle technologies that underpin Ubuntu. Working closely with stakeholders across Ubuntu Engineering, you will define technical direction, grow engineering talent, build strong cross-team partnerships, and ensure the continued evolution of Ubuntu's software, driver, firmware, and upgrade experience.\nYou will report to the Ubuntu Foundations Engineering director and collaborate closely with other Ubuntu Engineering teams, including Desktop, Server, Security, Release Engineering, Launchpad, Debcrafters, OEM, and Product.\nWhat You’ll Do\nTechnical Leadership\nDefine the technical vision and roadmap for Ubuntu's package management and system lifecycle platform\nParticipate in design reviews and key technical decisions affecting software management and system lifecycle technologies across the Ubuntu ecosystem\nPromote high standards for performance, reliability, security, and maintainability\nTeam Leadership\nLead and support a team of engineers responsible for key Ubuntu platform technologies.\nMentor and grow engineers, helping them expand their technical leadership, ownership, and organizational impact\nFoster a culture of ownership, collaboration, and continuous improvement\nDelivery and Engineering Excellence\nPlan and deliver improvements across multiple Ubuntu release cycles\nBalance innovation with stability, compatibility, and long-term maintainability\nImprove test automation, release quality, and operational reliability\nCollaboration and Community\nBuild strong partnerships across Ubuntu Engineering, including Release Engineering, Launchpad, Desktop, Server, Security, OEM, and Product teams\nCollaborate with Debian, upstream projects, and the Ubuntu open source community\nWhat We Are Looking For\nRequired\nAn exceptional academic track record from both high school and university\nUndergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path\nStrong background in software engineering and system design\nExperience leading engineering teams, including people management, coaching, and performance development\nExperience developing or operating Linux distribution technologies, package management systems, or software distribution infrastructure\nStrong understanding of systems software and operating system architecture\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills\nAbility to work effectively in a globally distributed engineering team\nAbility to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each\nNice to Have\nFamiliarity with package repositories, archives, or release engineering processes\nExperience contributing to Debian, Ubuntu, or other open source infrastructure projects\nPerformance, reliability, or security engineering experience\nWe know that strong candidates may not meet every qualification. If you are excited by this role and our mission, we encourage you to apply.\nWhat Success Looks Like\nFirst 3 Months\nBuild strong relationships with the team and stakeholders across Ubuntu Engineering\nGain a deep understanding of Ubuntu package management, update flows, archive interactions, and release processes\nIdentify key improvement opportunities in reliability, test coverage, engineering processes, and product quality\nFirst 6 to 12 Months\nEstablish strong partnerships with stakeholders across Ubuntu Engineering, including Release Engineering, Launchpad, Desktop, Server, Security, OEM, and Product\nGrow the team and raise the overall level of engineering excellence, ownership, and technical leadership\nImprove roadmap clarity, planning, and execution across the team's portfolio\nDeliver meaningful improvements to Ubuntu's package management and system lifecycle platform\nWhat we offer you\nWe 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. 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.\nDistributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person\nPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year\nAnnual compensation review\nRecognition rewards\nAnnual holiday leave\nMaternity and paternity leave\nEmployee Assistance Programme\nOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues\nPriority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events\nAbout Canonical\nCanonical 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 on a daily basis. 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. Canonical has been a remote-first company 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.\nCanonical is an equal opportunity employer\nWe are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. 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