Canonical is hiring a
Engineering Manager

Summary

The job is for an Engineering Manager role in Canonical's BootStack team. The candidate will be responsible for managing a team that oversees day-to-day Managed Service of customer environments. The ideal candidate should have a bachelor's degree, proven track record with OpenStack, strong communication skills, experience with agile software development methodologies, and the ability to work in distributed teams.

Requirements

• Bachelors (or equivalent) education in a technology field
• Proven track record of professional experience of either software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar and/or managing operations teams
• Proven experience with OpenStack
• Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
• Strong communication and cooperation skills
• Experience with agile software development methodologies
• Experience working in and managing distributed teams
• Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
• Experience with cloud topologies and technologies

Responsibilities

• Manage a growing engineering team to optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes
• Represent the BootStack team with respect to stakeholders, customers, and external teams
• Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
• Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
• Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian a plus

Benefits

• 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
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events