• The Partner Engineering team works across the full Linux stack from kernel and system libraries to middleware, to integrate new features and optimise Ubuntu for the latest silicon platforms and software stacks. Our goal is to ensure Ubuntu is the premier platform for small iot and edge devices, networking, automotive, server and hyperconverged systems.
• As a Partner Engineering Manager you will lead an engineering team focused on some of these platforms. You will manage technical relationships with our key silicon partners to ensure timely delivery of agreed project goals, and collaborate with internal teams to deliver targeted results. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering, with a hands-on approach, are necessary prerequisites for this role.
• In this role, you will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop talented engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

What you’ll do

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Represent your team to partners, product stakeholders and customers 
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed organisation
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
• Collaborate with other teams at Canonical to ensure alignment on product architecture and roadmaps
• Design and integrate new features and platform optimisations

What we’re looking for in you

• Experience with Linux packaging (Debian, RPM, Yocto)
• Experience working with Python, C, C++
• Experience with IoT / Embedded devices from boot loaders and BSP enablement including hardware accelerators
• Experience managing software engineers with a track record of planning, delivery and quality
• 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
• Well-organised, self-starting and able to ensure your team delivers to schedule
• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
• Experience working with customers, going beyond resolving their technical issues, to interpreting their business challenges and effectively communicating how your solution will meet their needs
• High-quality, well-designed and well-documented software experience
• Builds trust, relationships and confidence
• Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Additional skills we value

• Experience working with open source communities and licenses
• Experience with server technologies, including UEFI firmware, GPU computing, RDMA/Infiniband and virtualization stacks (kvm, qemu, libvirt)
• Experience with graphics stacks
• Experience with open source networking technologies (eBPF, OVS, OVN, SoNIC, DPDK, SPDK, etc)
• Experience with container technologies such as LXD, Docker and Kubernetes 
• Understanding of security best practices and Secure Software Development Lifecycles
• Experience designing and implementing CI/CD automation platforms such as GitHub Actions
• Experience with performance benchmarking and profiling