Ubuntu Engineering Lead

About This Role

Lead and grow high-performing engineering teams while staying technical and contributing to the Ubuntu operating system, focusing on quality, performance, and resilience.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams in elevating the Linux developer and user experience
• Design, build and ship high quality, performant software in Rust, Go and Python
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles through architecture, development and code reviews
• Take responsibility for planning, estimation and execution
• Work with product management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu
• Set expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
• Offer coaching, mentoring, technical feedback and hands-on career development
• Contribute to upstream and neighboring open source projects
• Optimize the distribution for performance, reliability, and security
• Debug complex system-level issues and deliver robust solutions
• Author and improve technical and community documentation

Requirements

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Ability to drive and deliver technical work streams going above and beyond expectations
• Lead and coach others to deliver exceptional engineering work
• Demonstrated passion for open source software
• Significant experience with Rust, Go, Python, Flutter or C/C++
• Professional written and spoken English
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role.

Nice to Have

• Experience contributing to or leading open source projects
• Experience with Linux distributions/distribution engineering
• Experience with software packaging and distribution mechanisms
• Performance or Security Engineering experience

Skills

* Required skills

Benefits