Engineering Manager - Python and K8s

Overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We are a founder-led, profitable company with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and mostly remote roles. We are hiring an Engineering Manager - Python and K8s to build a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems and productise internal workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.

As an engineering manager you will lead a team in your local time zone, focused on business workloads that keep Ubuntu, Canonical, and our services highly available globally. You will ensure sound software architecture, quality, testing, and documentation, and you will lead, coach, and develop engineers while influencing culture, delivery, and strategy.

What you’ll do

• Lead a team focused on productising business workloads
• Build and manage a regional team of engineers
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
• Contribute toward your team\'s goals with strong engineering execution
• Set schedules based on 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
• Foster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders
• Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events

Who you are

What we offer

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a high standard for people joining the company. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here challenges you to think differently, work smarter, and learn new skills.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.

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