Engineering Manager, Sustaining Software Engineering, Worldwide
CANONICAL
This is an exciting opportunity for an engineering manager who is passionate about open source software, Linux and cloud computing. Come build a rewarding, meaningful career working with the best and brightest people in technology at Canonical, the growing international software company behind Ubuntu. Sustaining Engineering is a critical team that resolves software bugs, code defects and other issues, from the kernel all the way up to the highest levels of the open source stack. This position leads one of our regional teams (EMEA, Americas) and is one of several managers, who report directly to the global Director of Sustaining Engineering. Our customers build large-scale mission critical infrastructure and application solutions on Ubuntu and open source from Canonical. Sustaining Engineering is at the end of the escalation path, working on solving the problem for the customer and for the benefit of the wider Open Source community. This team is well staffed with experts in every time zone and, while the work is always important to a customer and time is always of the essence, the team is resourced to ensure the good work-life balance and ongoing development of each team member. As an engineering manager in the Sustaining Engineering team, your primary responsibility is to the people you support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, making valuable contributions, and generally having a great experience at Canonical. Technical leadership and a solid background in software development is a must, so that you are able to challenge and grow your team members. You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. Location: This job is open to applicants in all timezones, and is a full-time, remote position. What your day will look like Manage and lead a distributed team of engineers Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback and career development guidance to your team Manage shift scheduling, measuring key performance indicators (KPIs), and training Support timely delivery of bug fixes, patches, and other technical solutions to address business needs in a variety of technology fields, including but not limited to Ubuntu, OpenStack, Ceph, Kubernetes, Juju & MAAS Demonstrate the very best of Canonical in customer interactions Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders Advocate and advance modern software development practices Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company value Collaborate with other teams in the organisation Work from home with global travel up to 10% for internal and external events
Zimbabwe : International
2023-07-24