The Engineering Manager role at Canonical involves leading a team responsible for managing and delivering cloud-based managed services using open source technologies like OpenStack and Kubernetes, ensuring high-quality operations and customer satisfaction in a remote, fast-paced environment.
Key Responsibilities
Manage and lead the engineering team responsible for day-to-day managed services of customer environments
Oversee customer service management, operations, and product improvement engineering
Collaborate with customers, product engineering, and operations teams to ensure service quality and delivery
Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes to optimize development and operational efficiency
Ensure team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables to meet service level agreements
Represent the BootStack team with stakeholders, customers, and external teams
Requirements
Bachelor's or equivalent education in a technology field
Proven track record of professional experience in either software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar programming languages and/or managing operations teams
Proven experience with OpenStack
Demonstrated strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Experience with Linux system administration, with Ubuntu and Debian experience considered a plus
Strong communication and cooperation skills
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience working in and managing distributed teams
Technical aptitude for understanding complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Ability to travel to team and company events and customer meetings, roughly 20% or less of the time
Benefits & Perks
Compensation is based on geographical location, experience, and performance, with annual reviews and more frequent reviews for graduates and associates
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints
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
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