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Engineering Manager - Data Platform
Canonical
WorldwideremotePosted today
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Key highlights
- Salary: Base pay depends on geographical location, experience, knowledge, and skills
- Experience Level: Proven ability to build high-quality, open-source software
- Key Benefit: Fully remote working environment
- Notable Requirement: Software engineering background, preferably with Python and Golang experience
- Travel: Global travel twice yearly for internal events
- Development: Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD per annum
Role overview
Canonical is building a comprehensive suite of multi-cloud and on-premise data solutions for enterprises, aiming to simplify operating any database on any cloud or on-premise. The data platform team covers a wide range of data technologies, from big data and NoSQL to SQL engines like Postgres and MySQL. We are seeking technical Engineering Managers to lead teams focused on Big Data and MySQL databases, utilizing Python and modern operational practices on Kubernetes and cloud machines.
Responsibilities
- Lead a team building scalable data solutions for Kubernetes and cloud machines
- Hire, coach, mentor, provide feedback, and lead your team by example
- Demonstrate sound engineering skill by directly contributing code when needed
- Effectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Advocate modern, agile software development practices
- Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
- Ensure that your team delivers excellent products that users love by maintaining a culture of quality and engineering excellence
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with the company’s values
- Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organization
Requirements
- A software engineering background, preferably with Python and Golang experience
- Experience running in production and at scale, preferably Big Data or MySQL
- Excellent judgement about people - their motivations, abilities, developmental needs, and prospects for success
- Proven ability to build high-quality, open-source software
- Proven to drive good engineering practices around performance and quality
- An open-minded attitude to new technologies and the drive to push the boundaries of what is possible
- The ambition to build products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
- Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
- Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
Nice to have
- Specialist knowledge in one or more of Spark, Superset, MySQL, or similar
- Prior experience working with open source and a will to build products with the community
Benefits
- Fully remote working environment
- Personal learning and development budget of 2,000USD 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
Additional details
- Location: This role can be filled in European, Middle East, African or any American region / time zone.
- Work from home with global travel twice yearly, for internal events of one or two weeks duration.
- Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge and skills. In addition to the benefits above, certain roles are also eligible for additional benefits and rewards including annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilisation. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity right across our global workforce.
- Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world on a daily basis. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.
- Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.
- 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. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.