Engineering Manager - Python and K8s at Canonical

Posted on Mon 06th May, 2024 - www.hotnigerianjobs.com --- (0 comments)

Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engineering Manager - Python and K8s

Location:
Lagos
Employment Type: Full-time

About the Job

  • This is an Engineering Manager role, focused on a new generation of ops technology, to run a team that works in Python on Kubernetes.
  • Our mission is to reinvent the way people run software - on public clouds and in their own data centres. To achieve that we are building a new community around Python opscode for open source applications, running on Kubernetes. We want to move all of Canonical and Ubuntu IS onto this new, open source codebase.
  • This is cutting-edge opportunity for a technical leader passionate about building a world-class devops culture in corporate information systems.
  • We are confident that we can dramatically improve the experience of running complex business operations - and then we can help our customers embrace those new techniques and products.
  • Traditionally, IS is an inward-facing operation. We would like to transform our IS team into an extension of the product engineering capability at Canonical.
  • Our internal workloads are in many cases the same open source workloads that our customers want to operate.
  • This team will productise those workloads for real-time automated operations on Kubernetes.
  • As an engineering manager you'll lead a team in your local time zone, focused on the business workloads that make Ubuntu, Canonical, and our various services highly available around the planet.
  • You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.
  • Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are prerequisites for this role.
  • You will be expected to lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, positively influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution.

What you'll Do

  • You'll lead a team focused on productising business workloads
  • You will build and manage a regional team of engineers
  • You'll develop your team through coaching, mentoring, and feedback
  • You will demonstrate sound engineering by directly contributing toward your 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

Who You Are

  • You have experience in Docker and Kubernetes operations
  • You have a software engineering background, with proven Python experience
  • You have experience developing Python frameworks, and understand the importance of stable consumable APIs
  • You love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
  • You have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
  • You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
  • You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • You have experience working in an agile development environment.

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