Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager at Canonical

The Software Engineering Manager role at Canonical involves leading a software engineering team focused on delivering OEM enablement projects. The Device Delivery Team collaborates with top-tier OEM and ODM customers to pre-install Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing the OS to a vast user base.

Responsibilities:

• Recruiting, motivating, and mentoring team members.
• Setting goals and prioritizing tasks.
• Coordinating with project managers, HWE, QA, and certification management.
• Monitoring projects, handling escalations, and communicating with OEMs, ODMs, SiPs, and IHVs.
• Prioritizing customer requests and collaborating with product engineering teams.
• Providing leadership for methodologies, strategies, standards, tools, and best practices.

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in STEM (computer science or software engineering preferred).
• Proven experience in technical roles with Linux (preferably Ubuntu or Debian).
• Experience with development and testing methodologies.
• Management experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively and productively in a distributed team.
• Strong English and Chinese language skills.

The role offers:

• Opportunity to lead a team delivering Ubuntu to millions of users.
• Collaboration with various engineering teams.
• Leadership in methodologies and best practices.
• Travel opportunities to the EU, USA, China, and Taiwan.