Our company is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, plays a significant role in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We serve top customers including public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. Canonical is a pioneer of globally distributed collaboration, with 1100+ 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. We are seeking an experienced Web Engineering Manager to collaborate with various teams across the organization, including product managers and other engineering teams, to deliver reliable, scalable, and delightful user experiences for our products' users. This role entails: - Demonstrating sound engineering principles by directly contributing to your team's goals - Estimating work, setting goals, and meeting them - Designing and implementing well-tested and documented software in Web technologies or Flutter - Debugging and fixing issues encountered by your users - Participating in our engineering process through code and architectural reviews - Collaborating with community and colleagues on technical specifications - Contributing to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind - Seeking improvements to engineering and operations practices - Deploying and operating services developed by the team - Contribute to the success of your product through technical advocacy To be successful in this position, you should possess: - A deep understanding and passion for web and software development - The ability to value soft skills and possess enterprising, thoughtful, and self-motivated traits - An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university - Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or an alternative narrative about your path - Drive and a history of going above and beyond expectations - The capacity to be organized, self-starting, and able to deliver to schedule - A professional manner in interacting with colleagues, partners, and community - Experience designing and writing high-quality Web technologies - Experience with and passion for Typescript, React, or Flutter - An eye for accessibility and performance - Professional written and spoken English - Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred) - Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability - Possession of passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation - Excellent communication and presentation skills - Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments - Ability to travel twice a year, for company events for up to two weeks each Nice-to-have skills include experience with container tech like LXD, Docker, and Kubernetes, experience building and maintaining a talented team, REST API design, development, and governance, and performance engineering and security expertise. ],