Engineering Manager - Python and K8s
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted September 18, 2025
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Job Description
An Engineering Manager role focused on leading a team to productize business workloads using Python and Kubernetes, with responsibilities including technical leadership, team development, and fostering a culture of engineering excellence within a remote, globally distributed environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead a team focused on productising business workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes
- Build and manage a regional engineering team
- Develop team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
- Contribute directly to team goals by demonstrating sound engineering practices
- Set schedules and manage expectations with stakeholders
- Advance modern, agile software development practices
- Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
- Collaborate with leadership and other teams to align on strategy and execution
Requirements
- Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role.
- Proven experience in Python development, including developing Python frameworks and understanding the importance of stable consumable APIs.
- Experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations.
- Experience working in an agile development environment.
- Ability to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.
- Ability to build and manage a regional team of engineers.
- Experience developing and growing people through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
- Demonstrated sound engineering practices, including software architecture, software quality, testing, and documentation.
- Ability to set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement.
- Experience maintaining a culture of quality and engineering excellence.
- Ability to develop and grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with company values.
- Willingness to work from home with the possibility of global travel up to 20% for internal and external events.
- Interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere.
- Ability to work collaboratively with other leaders in the organization as part of the leadership team.
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 the possibility of working from home
Twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations around the world
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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