Solution Architecture Manager

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and develop a team of field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in presales and professional services
• ▹Solve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisor
• ▹Work remotely in a single major time zone
• ▹Coach, mentor and offer career development feedback
• ▹Identify and measure team health indicators
• ▹Implement disciplined engineering processes
• ▹Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners and customers
• ▹Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• ▹Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• ▹Be an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
• ▹Actively participate in technical presales to help the department achieve quarterly goals

Requirements

• ▹Knowledge of cloud computing concepts and technologies, such as Kubernetes, OpenStack, AWS, GCP, Azure and Ceph
• ▹Practical knowledge of Linux and networking
• ▹Experience in technical presales
• ▹A dynamic personality who loves to jump into new projects and interact with people
• ▹Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• ▹Passion and a track record of developing and growing people
• ▹Experience in leading, coaching and mentoring engineers
• ▹Organised and able to ensure the team delivers timely, high quality results
• ▹An exceptional academic track record from high school and, preferably, university as well
• ▹Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time for internal company events, external tech events and customer meetings

Nice to have

• ▹Second language: Spanish or French preferred
• ▹Python knowledge
• ▹Experience collaborating with external partners
• ▹Experience collaborating with several internal teams and providing stakeholder feedback for engineering roadmaps

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
• ▹Recognition rewards
• ▹40 days annual leave, including public holidays and the All Company holiday periods
• ▹Maternity and paternity leave
• ▹Employee Assistance Programme
• ▹Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues
• ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events

About the company

Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. The company has been remote-first since 2004, recruits globally and sets a very high standard for new joiners.