The role
Canonical needs an Engineering Director to run the Commercial Systems unit: three teams building billing, contracts and Livepatch services. You'll manage engineering managers and own the product roadmaps.
What you'll do
- Lead three engineering teams, from graduates to seniors
- Develop engineering managers and uphold team culture
- Own product roadmaps for billing, contracts and Livepatch
- Set performance goals and track team health indicators
- Hire new engineers and work with business stakeholders
What they're looking for
Must-haves
- Proven record driving multiple or large software engineering teams
- Engineering experience in Golang, Python, Java or distributed integrations
- Technical undergraduate degree or a compelling alternative path
- Professional written and spoken English with strong presentation skills
- Able to travel internationally twice a year for events up to two weeks
Nice to have
- Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience
- Experience in accounting, sales or sales operations
The company
Canonical
Profitable open-source firm in 80+ countries
Canonical publishes Ubuntu and provides open-source software for enterprise customers. It's founder-led and profitable, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries.
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