Full-time

Software Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Linux Kernel

Posted by Canonical • , Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile

📍 , Región Metropolitana de Santiago, Chile, Región Metropolitana de Santiago 🕒 March 01, 2026

About the Role

Software Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Linux Kernel

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 a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office‑based roles. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.

We are hiring Software Engineering Managers to lead technical teams in the delivery and ongoing support and maintenance of all Linux kernels provided by the Ubuntu Linux distribution. As the Linux kernel now spans many technical domains, the challenges include integrating ...

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