Engineering Manager - Python and K8s

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Canonical . 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. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring an

Engineering Manager - Python and K8s

who is passionate about building a world-class DevOps culture in corporate information systems. We aim to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability, productising workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes. The internal workloads often mirror the open source workloads our customers operate. As an engineering manager you'll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on business workloads that keep Ubuntu, Canonical, and our services highly available around the world. You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing, and documentation. Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites. You will lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. What you’ll do

Responsibilities

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 hands-on engineering work

Set reasonable 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

Grow 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

Qualifications

Experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations

Software engineering background with proven Python experience

Experience developing Python frameworks and understanding stable consumable APIs

Interest in embracing new technologies and pushing boundaries

Passion for building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure

Experience developing and growing people with a track record of doing it

Knowledgeable and passionate about software development

Experience working in an agile development environment

What we offer

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

Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

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

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