Engineering Manager - Python and K8s
CanonicalRemote
Full Time
Posted January 20, 2026
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Job Description
A leadership role overseeing a team focused on productizing business workloads using Python and Kubernetes, with responsibilities including technical guidance, team development, and ensuring high-quality, scalable software solutions within a distributed, remote work 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 internal and external 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.
- Experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations.
- Proven Python experience in software engineering.
- Experience developing Python frameworks and understanding the importance of stable consumable APIs.
- 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.
- Ability to develop the team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback.
- Demonstrated sound engineering practices by directly contributing toward the team’s goals.
- Ability to set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement.
- Ability to set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders.
- Ability to advance modern, agile software development practices.
- Ability to maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence.
- Willingness to work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events.
Benefits & Perks
Annual compensation review
Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
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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