Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a team focused on developing and managing open source Ceph distributed storage solutions, with responsibilities including technical leadership, team development, and ensuring high-quality software delivery in a remote, global environment.
Key Responsibilities
Lead and manage a team building Ceph-focused software-defined storage solutions
Develop and mentor team members to enhance their engineering skills
Contribute to technical goals through direct engineering work and setting sound software architecture
Establish and oversee project schedules, expectations, and feedback loops
Promote modern, agile software development practices and a culture of quality and engineering excellence
Collaborate with other leadership and stakeholders to align on strategy and execution
Maintain high standards for software quality, testing, and documentation
Requirements
Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary prerequisites for this role.
Experience in leading, managing, coaching, and mentoring software developers towards delivering timely, high quality software.
Experience operating scale out storage clusters on Linux in production environments, preferably with Ceph.
A software engineering background, preferably with experience in Python and C.
Solid experience working in an agile development environment.
Ability to set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement.
Ability to build and manage a globally distributed team of engineers.
Ability to develop team members through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
Demonstrated ability to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work on strategy and execution.
Knowledge and passion about software development and building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere.
Willingness to work from home with the ability to travel globally up to 20% for internal and external events.
Benefits & Perks
Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events
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