Engineering Manager- Ceph & Distributed Storage
Job description
Engineering Manager role at Canonical leading a globally distributed team building a Ceph-focused software defined storage solution. The manager is responsible for running an effective team, developing engineers, and ensuring sound software architecture and delivery.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote
What you'll do
- Lead a team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solution
- Build and manage a globally distributed team of engineers
- Develop the team through coaching, mentoring and feedback
- Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward the team's goals
- Set reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvement
- Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders
- Advance modern, agile software development practices
- Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
- Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
- Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events
What we're looking for
- Software engineering background, preferably with Python and C++ experience
- Experience operating scale out storage clusters on Linux in production environments, preferably with Ceph
- Love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
- Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
- Interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
- Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
- Experience in leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers towards delivering timely, high quality software together
- Solid experience working in an agile development environment
- Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering
Your team
Ceph & Distributed Storage
Team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solution, aiming to make Ceph easy to install, manage and use from large enterprise data center installations to half-rack edge sites.
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About Canonical
A leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles. It is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
Mission
To be at the forefront of the global move to open source
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- Publishes Ubuntu
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
What they value
- Excellence
- Quality and engineering excellence
- Collaborative engineering culture
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background