Software Engineering Manager - Cross-platform C++ - Multipass
Canonical Sevilla La Nueva, Community of Madrid, Spain
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world’s leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is founded led, profitable and growing. We are hiring a Software Engineering Manager to lead Multipass, the workstation mini‑cloud that works on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Multipass lets users launch a VM on their workstation with the command multipass launch and provides a local cloud experience for builds, testing, and experimentation—free of charge.
Location
This is a remote position available in EMEA and the Americas.
Responsibilities

Lead a team of remote engineers
Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands‑on career development




Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
Advocate and advance modern software development practices
Participate in the engineering process through code and architectural review
Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partners
Work from home with integral travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events

Qualifications

You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it
You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high‑quality software
You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree
You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills
Expertise in modern C++ development
Cross‑platform development experience on macOS and/or Windows
Knowledge of hypervisor technologies such as Hyper‑V, VirtualBox, and KVM
Open source experien

📌 Software Engineering Manager (Sevilla la Nueva)
🏢 Canonical
📍 Sevilla la Nueva