Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager Aveiro

Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager
Aveiro
Aveiro, Aveiro District, Portugal

Linux Enablement - Software Engineering Manager

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Canonical's Device Delivery Team works with
- 1 OEM and ODM customers to
- load Ubuntu Desktop and Ubuntu Core, bringing Ubuntu directly to millions of users.

As a Software Engineering Manager, you will lead and manage the software engineering team to deliver OEM enablement projects. This environment requires excellent time management, deep Linux system knowledge,
- level debugging skills, critical thinking,
- solving abilities, and management expertise.

Key Responsibilities

• Recruit, motivate, mentor, and enable your team to succeed in delivering quality products.
• Set goals with the team; prioritize tasks, and measure team health indicators.
• Maximize team members' results and support their career growth.
• Coordinate with project managers, HWE, QA, and certification management.
• Monitor projects from kickoff to
  - mortem and handle escalations.
• Communicate, understand, and resolve technical challenges with OEMs, ODMs, Si
  Ps, IHVs.
• Prioritize customer requests globally.
• Collaborate with product engineering teams (Desktop, Foundations, Kernel, Security).
• Provide leadership for methodologies, strategies, standards, tools, and best practices.
• Must be able to travel to the EU, USA, China, and Taiwan.

Required Skills and Experience

• A Bachelor or higher degree in STEM, preferably in computer science or software engineering.
• Proven track record in Linux-related technical roles, preferably Ubuntu or Debian.
• Commitment to development and testing methodologies, and maintainable code quality.
• Management experience.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment.
• Self-discipline and
  - motivation to be productive in a distributed team.
• Energy and commitment to deliver on schedule.
• Strong English and Chinese communication skills, both written and verbal.

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience making technical decisions as a team lead.
• Software architecture and design experience.
• Experience with Ubuntu kernel and userspace, deb/snap packaging, QEMU/KVM, LXC/LXD, Containers, Python, Go, C, bash, databases, Kubernetes, Open
  Stack, Ceph, AI/ML.
• Participation in
  - source projects.
• Experience with CI/CD.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We believe diversity enhances our ability to deliver
- class software and services. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.