Software Engineering Manager, Ubuntu Gaming needed at Canonical

The role entails

• Leading your team in optimising and expanding the Ubuntu gaming experience, focusing on the Steam Snap.
• Managing project timelines, balancing feature improvements with deadlines.
• Collaborating with stakeholders to align your team’s work with other teams and company objectives.
• Conducting keen-eyed code reviews, focusing on quality, performance, and modern design principles.
• Collaborating with upstream projects like Proton and partners like Unity to enhance Ubuntu’s gaming capabilities.
• Working closely with other teams to ensure a cohesive and comprehensive Ubuntu experience.
• Driving performance improvements across a wide range of hardware.
• Engaging actively with the open source and gaming community to gather feedback and collaborate on improvements.

What we are looking for in you

• An undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path.
• Proven ability to collaborate effectively with upstream projects and partners.
• Familiarity and experience with the Linux graphics stack spanning user-space components to low level kernel drivers.
• Exceptional software project management skills, encompassing risk assessment and resource allocation.
• Ability to balance technical leadership with effective team management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for both internal and external interactions.
• Robust planning skills, demonstrated by your capacity to manage multi-cycle improvements.
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long

Nice-to-have skills

• A passion for technology and gaming, driving you to work with intelligent, motivated colleagues.
• Initiative in proactively identifying opportunities and solving challenges.
• Curiosity, flexibility, and a strong sense of accountability.
• A focus on soft skills, including passion, enterprise, and self-motivation.