Canonical is hiring a
Observability Engineering Manager

Summary

The job is for an Engineering Manager at Canonical focusing on Grafana logging, monitoring, and observability stack. The role involves managing a distributed team, conducting code reviews, attending conferences, and more. Requires strong academic background, professional software delivery experience, Python proficiency, understanding of observability, and experience in designing and implementing observability solutions.

Requirements

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• A proven track record of professional experience of software delivery
• Professional python development experience, preferably with a track record in open source
• A proven understanding of the importance of observability and monitoring for keeping software running smoothly
• Experience designing and implementing observability solutions

Responsibilities

• Manage a distributed team of engineers and its observability portfolio
• Organize and lead the team’s processes in order to help it achieve its objectives
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with team members
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Interact with a vibrant community
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Attend conferences to represent Canonical and its Observability Stack

Preferred Qualifications

• Engineering management experience
• A working knowledge of Go
• Open source contribution experience
• Interest and experience with container technologies

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
• Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events