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Software Engineering Manager - SaaS (launchpad.net)

Full time at a Laimoon Verified Company in UAE
Posted on October 31, 2024

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Drive the Future of Collaborative Open Source Development Tooling

Join the Launchpad team as a motivated engineering manager with a passion for open source software, Linux, and web services. Launchpad is a robust platform for managing open source development projects, including:

Code hosting and review

Bug tracking

Package building

Translations

Other facilities for free and open source software developers

It provides essential development infrastructure for major projects such as Ubuntu. As an engineering manager at Canonical, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and generally having a great time at Canonical. We're looking for technical leadership and a solid background in software development to challenge and grow your team members.

You will have the opportunity to:

Grow and lead a team of engineers in your region

Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development

Apply sound engineering principles and contribute toward your team's goals

Create and maintain productive relationships with stakeholders

Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders

Collaborate proactively with a distributed team and community

Lead the ongoing development of Launchpad, the infrastructure on which great software like Ubuntu is built

Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices

Help develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices

Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values

Actively engage with the broader leadership team

Work from home with international travel up to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Who You Are

You have:

Experience leading a distributed team to deliver features and manage production services at scale

A love for mentoring, developing, and growing people, with an outstanding track record

Knowledge and passion for technology

Experience delivering high-quality software

Experience designing and evolving complex distributed systems

Effective written and verbal communication skills

Solid experience in an agile development environment

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background leads to a better environment for our employees and a better platform for our users and customers. This is something we value deeply, and we encourage everyone to come be a part of the world of Ubuntu.

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