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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely utilized in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. We serve many customers, including some of the world's leading public cloud providers and industry leaders across various sectors.
We are hiring an Engineering Manager to join the BootStack team, which designs, builds, and operates modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for our customers. This role is perfect for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Cloud technologies who wants to drive success with those leveraging Ubuntu and open source products.
As a Cloud Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for managing engineers that oversee the day-to-day Managed Service of customer environments. This includes customer service management, managed services operations, and consistent product improvement engineering. Collaboration with customers, product engineering, and operations is critical to success.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a growing engineering team to optimize quality and velocity in 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.
- Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent education in a technology field.
- Proven track record of professional experience in software delivery using languages such as Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar, and/or managing operations teams.
- Proven experience with OpenStack.
- Strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality.
- Experience with Linux system administration; Ubuntu/Debian knowledge is a plus.
- Strong communication and cooperation skills.
- Experience with agile software development methodologies.
- Experience in managing distributed teams and understanding complex distributed systems.
- Familiarity with cloud topologies and technologies.
- Willingness to travel for team and company events and customer meetings (roughly 20% or less).
Language Requirements: Not specified.
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation that considers geographical location, experience, and performance.
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
- Distributed work environment with biannual team sprints.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.
- Annual compensation review and recognition rewards.
- Annual holiday leave and maternity/paternity leave.
- Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform.
- Opportunities to travel to new locations to meet colleagues, with travel upgrades for long-haul company events.
