Canonical: Cloud Field Engineering Manager — Home based - Worldwide

About Canonical

Canonical develops open-source software and operating systems for enterprise and technology users. Its Ubuntu platform is used in cloud computing, data science, artificial intelligence, engineering and connected-device environments. The employer describes a distributed working model with periodic in-person team meetings. Its vacancies therefore span both software delivery and the business functions that support it. Applicants should check the location, time-zone and travel conditions attached to the individual role rather than assume every position is available from any country.

The position and its setting

Canonical lists Cloud Field Engineering Manager in Home based - Worldwide, under reference 7410479. The details below separate the work described by the employer from essential conditions, preferred experience and practical preparation advice.

• Department: Field Engineering
• Employer listing date: 20 November 2025

Responsibilities and work described

• The Field Engineering team is our team of cloud solutions architects at Canonical, working directly with our customers, designing private and public cloud solutions fitting their workload needs
• The portfolio of products includes on-premise cloud solutions such as Openstack, MicroCloud and Ceph, and solutions that could be deployed either on-premises or in public clouds such as Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Spark, PostgreSQL, etc
• The team works hands-on with the technologies by deploying, testing and handing over the solution to our support or managed services team at the end of a project
• Managers and team members also take part in presales conversations to provide technical advice during the sales process
• A Cloud Field Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance
• The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role
• You are also expected to actively participate in technical presales to help our department achieve our quarterly goals
• Location: This role will be home based, managing a team in your time zone
• Leadership: and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional Services
• Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
• Work: remotely in a single major time zone
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implementation: disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Development: and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices

Essential requirements and candidate background

• Knowledge: cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc
• Practical knowledge of Linux and networking
• Experience: technical presales
• You are a person who loves to jump in new projects and interact with people
• Verbal and written communication skills in English
• Passion and a track record of developing and growing people
• Experience: leading, coaching and mentoring engineers
• Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
• An academic track record from high school and, preferably, university as well
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time
• Field Engineers attend internal company events, external tech events and customer meetings

Preferred experience and additional strengths

• Second language - Spanish or French preferred
• Python knowledge
• Experience collaborating with external partners
• Experience collaborating with several internal teams and providing stakeholder feedback for engineering roadmaps

Location, schedule and contract conditions

For this overseas or regional listing, confirm work authorisation and any location restrictions with the employer. The location does not establish visa sponsorship or permission to work remotely from India.

• Advertised location: Home based - Worldwide

Benefits mentioned by the employer

• We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide
• We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise performance
• In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus
• We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals
• We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally
• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• 40 days annual leave per annum, including public holidays and our All Company holiday periods
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme

Pay and application dates

A verified salary figure is not established in this article. An online estimate for another Cloud Field Engineering Manager vacancy is not an offer for reference 7410479; use the employer’s own pay disclosure and recruitment communication.

A closing date is not confirmed in this article. Check the current employer page before submitting: an undated posting can change or be withdrawn.

How to apply to Canonical

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Practical preparation: Python

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Relevant skills

• Python
• Spark
• Kubernetes
• AWS
• GCP
• Azure
• Google Cloud
• Linux
• AI
• sales