Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Security
Core
Lead a security engineering team to protect the Ubuntu open-source ecosystem by addressing vulnerabilities, coordinating threat response, and driving security innovation for community and enterprise use.
Role type
Engineering Manager (Security)
Builds
Security measures, vulnerability remediation processes, and open-source security projects for Ubuntu and related Canonical products.
Domain
Open-source software security / Linux distributions
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Team leadership and career guidance, vulnerability remediation strategy, upstream open-source collaboration, agile development management, software development expertise, application security knowledge, programming mastery (Go, Java, C, Python), stakeholder communication, team health metrics analysis.
Preferred skills
Deep knowledge of Linux distribution internals (Ubuntu/Debian), travel for company events.
Technologies
Go, Java, C, Python, Linux, Ubuntu, Debian
Responsibilities
Lead and develop a team of engineers from graduate to senior levels, provide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation, drive development of new security engineering projects, work with upstream open-source projects on vulnerability lifecycle handling, coach and mentor engineers, identify and measure team health indicators, implement disciplined engineering processes, represent the team and product to stakeholders and customers, plan and manage progress on goals and projects, collaborate with the security engineering leadership team.
Seniority
Manager, hands-on leadership with technical guidance
