Engineering Director - Commercial Systems

The company is founder led, profitable and growing.

We are hiring an Engineering Director, who strives for taking ownership of the development and operations of internal software products serving Canonical business and a popular security solution Livepatch. A successful candidate has a track record of delivering full-stack software services, adheres to high engineeri...

The engineering director will lead the Commercial Systems unit that is conceived as three engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business. We are looking...

Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors
Developing your engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture in their teams
Developing and evangelize great engineering practices and processes in the teams
Setting and implementing solid performance management with performance goals and objectives with your direct reports and teams
Identifying and measuring indicators of team health, and take action where needed
Being accountable for the product development roadmaps in the teams
Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
Expanding your teams by hiring great talent
Collaborating with stakeholders and product users

Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
Proven ability to drive multiple teams or large teams of software engineers to deliver outstanding results
Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: Golang, Python, Java, or distributed integrations
Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience
Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles