Canonical
Engineering Manager- Ubuntu Security
Remote Excellence Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
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Eligible countriesWorldwide
Seniority signalLead
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
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Role overview
Engineering Manager- Ubuntu Security
Requirements and responsibilities
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What you will do in this role
- Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
- Provide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation
- Drive the development of new security engineering projects
- Work with upstream open source projects on vulnerability lifecycle handling
- Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
- Identify and measure team health indicators
- Implement disciplined engineering processes
- Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
- Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
- Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
- Be an active part of the security engineering leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
What we are looking for in you
- An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
- Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
- A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
- Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
- Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
- Solid background in software development, including expertise in support and maintenance
- Mastery in any programming language (Go, Java, C, Python, ...)
- Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security
- Solid experience working in an agile development environment
- A demonstrated drive for continual learning
- Builds trust, relationships and confidence
- Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
- Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each
Optional things we value
- Strong technical understanding of the inner-workings of Linux distributions (ideally Ubuntu or Debian)
What we offer you
- Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review
- Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
- Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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