The role of an Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems at Canonical.
This engineering management role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Ubuntu to build a career with Canonical and drive the success of the business. If you have an affinity for open source development, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
Our new Commercial Systems unit is conceived as five engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are used by millions of machines all over the world. Apply here if you would like to run one of these teams. They cover the following areas:
A contracts service. We develop and operate a contracts service that supports the authentication, authorization, and delivery of Extended Security Maintenance (ESM) at scale to a wide range of devices spanning from individual systems to large enterprise fleets running in cloud environments via Ubuntu Pro.
JAAS/Identity/Livepatch. We take the operational scalability of Juju, Canonical's solution to public, private, and hybrid-cloud application management and orchestration, to the next level by developing JIMM (Juju Intelligent Model Manager) and Candid (open source identity manager).
Data lake and SAAS integration. We develop and operate several data warehouses, including data ingestion pipelines, used by operations and data analytics teams.
Integration with public clouds. The fourth major area lies in integrating the contracts service with public clouds, such as Azure, AWS, and GCP.
Salesforce. Our team of Salesforce engineers and administrators ensures that business operations teams have the right data at hand and the right business processes in place.
We are looking for software engineering managers, ideally with a strong background in Go and Python, who have the drive and energy to lead a team of engineers in delivering and operating these capabilities at scale.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region. What your day will look like:
Lead a team of software engineers implementing and operating software solutions.
Provide engineering and process guidance to engineering teams.
Actively seek improvements to established processes, designs, and solutions.
Collaborate with peers and cross-functional teams.
Code in Go or Python.
What we are looking for in you:
Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
Experience as a software developer in a high-level language - preferably Go or Python.
Experience as a hands-on engineering manager or a team lead.
Experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders.
Ability to travel to international destinations for one week at a time, approximately 2-4 times per year.
Additional Skills That You Might Also Bring: Experience developing for and deploying on Ubuntu Linux in public clouds.
Experience integrating authentication & authorization, financial, public cloud or marketplace systems.
Experience with Salesforce development/integration or APEX.
What we offer you:
Fully remote working environment.
Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD per annum.
Annual compensation review.
Recognition rewards.
Annual holiday leave.
Parental Leave.
Employee Assistance Programme.
Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'.
Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events.
About Canonical: Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.
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