Lead an engineering team, pioneering new approaches to distributed systems quality. This is possibly the most complex and challenging quality engineering role imaginable, and requires exceptional technical engineering ability as well as analytical skills to deal with large volumes of data. As the engineering manager, you'll lead the team, shaping the vision and setting the pace, and collaborate with product teams who build Canonical's end-to-end cloud portfolio. Your challenge is to ensure high quality and reliability of Canonical's cloud solutions, by developing tools, testing procedures, and pipelines for this purpose. Our goal is to revolutionise the world of operations from metal to container, and this quality team is central to our ability to deliver on that vision. We need a unified approach to test, verification, and benchmarking that recognises the fluid nature of large-scale distributed systems in production over time.
What you'll do:Build and lead a growing team of remote engineersDevelop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career developmentSet and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholdersAdvocate and advance modern, agile software development practicesGrow a healthy, collaborative engineering cultureBe an active part of the leadership team shaping our approach to cloudParticipate in the engineering process through code and architectural reviewEngage with teams at Canonical, the open source community, and partnersWork from home with global travel for 4 to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events Who you are:You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing itYou have good knowledge of quality and reliability oriented engineering practices in a distributed system settingYou are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality softwareYou have solid experience working in an agile development environmentYou have a Bachelor's or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM, or similar degreeYou have strong written and verbal technical communication skillsYou understand modern Linux cloud computing technologies, including networking, storage, containers, and K8sFamiliarity and real project experience with Python What is Canonical?Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, "the world's best free software platform". Our mission is to realise the potential of free software in the lives of individuals and organisations. Our services are helping individuals and businesses worldwide to reduce costs, improve efficiency, and enhance security with Ubuntu.
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