Engineering Manager, Ceph & Distributed Storage

Summary

Join Canonical as an Engineering Manager to lead a team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solution, develop strong engineers, and contribute to sound software architecture and best practices.

Requirements

• Have a software engineering background, preferably with Python and C++ experience
• Have experience operating scale out storage clusters on Linux in production environments, preferably with Ceph
• Love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
• Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
• Have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
• Be knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• Have experience in leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers towards delivering timely, high quality software together
• Have solid experience working in an agile development environment

Responsibilities

• Lead a team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solution
• Build and manage a globally distributed team of engineers
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring and feedback
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward your team’s goals
• Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders
• Advance modern, agile software development practices
• Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation