Engineering Manager - Solutions Engineering

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and develop a team of Python engineers working remotely in global locations
• ▹Hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development
• ▹Demonstrate sound engineering principles by contributing code directly
• ▹Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• ▹Set and manage expectations with other engineering and operations teams
• ▹Coordinate with management and internal and external stakeholders or customers
• ▹Advocate for modern, agile software development practices
• ▹Help develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• ▹Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values
• ▹Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• ▹Travel globally up to 10% of the time for internal and external events

Requirements

• ▹A love of developing and growing people, with a track record of it
• ▹Knowledge of and passion for agile software development
• ▹A love of leading, coaching and mentoring software developers, especially Python ones
• ▹Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies
• ▹Comfortable administering Linux servers, including their storage and networking
• ▹Hands-on experience with software automation
• ▹Organised, wanting the team to deliver high-quality software in a timely manner

Nice to have

• ▹University degree in Computer Science or a related software engineering field
• ▹Thorough understanding of modern infrastructure, including OpenStack or Kubernetes
• ▹Experience in operations as well as software development
• ▹Familiarity with the challenges of large-scale, multi-cloud operations
• ▹Go expertise

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
• ▹Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• ▹Annual compensation review
• ▹Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹Annual holiday leave
• ▹Maternity and paternity leave
• ▹Team Member Assistance Program and Wellness Platform
• ▹Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
• ▹Remote work

About the company

Canonical is an open-source technology company that publishes Ubuntu, with more than 1,200 colleagues in over 75 countries. It is founder-led, profitable and growing.