Python Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems
Canonical is hiring a Python Engineering Manager for its Commercial Systems unit, which sits at the heart of Canonical's business and where Python plays an integral role. The manager is accountable for the design and development of an internal product, holds high engineering quality standards, and continuously develops their own skills and those of their direct reports. The unit comprises six engineering teams, including the Data Governance team (working with tools such as Trino and Ranger) and the Integrations team (automating SaaS user management and onboarding data sources into the data mesh). This role is remote within the EMEA region.
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Responsibilities
- ▹Accountability for the design and development of an internal product
- ▹Lead a team of software engineers working in Python
- ▹Develop the skills and capabilities of direct reports
- ▹Seek improvements to established processes, designs and solutions
- ▹Build an understanding of business needs to deliver the most impact
Requirements
- ▹Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- ▹Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an alternative path
- ▹Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
- ▹Experience with software development in a high-level language (Golang, Python, Java, etc.)
- ▹Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- ▹Result-oriented with a personal drive to meet commitments
- ▹Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Nice to have
- ▹Performance engineering and SRE experience
- ▹Experience with data governance, data engineering or data science
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 and performance-driven annual bonus or commission
- ▹Recognition rewards
- ▹Annual holiday leave
- ▹Maternity and paternity leave
- ▹Employee Assistance Program
- ▹Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events
About the company
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems, and the publisher of Ubuntu. It is a remote-first company founded in 2004, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries, founder-led, profitable and growing.