Engineering Director - Commercial Systems (Remote) at Canonical Nigeria

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 chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.

We are recruiting to fill the position below:

Job Title: Engineering Director - Commercial Systems

Location: Lagos (Remote)

The role entails

• Leading multiple teams of engineers, ranging from graduates to seniors
• Developing your engineering managers to maintain Canonical culture in their teams
• Developing and evangelize great engineering practices and processes in the teams
• Setting and implementing solid performance management with performance goals and objectives with your direct reports and teams
• Identifying and measuring indicators of team health, and take action where needed
• Being accountable for the product development roadmaps in the teams
• Being an active part of the Commercial Systems leadership team, collaborating with other leaders
• Expanding your teams by hiring great talent
• Collaborating with stakeholders and product users.

What we are looking for in you

• Undergraduate Degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Proven ability to drive multiple teams or large teams of software engineers to deliver outstanding results
• Engineering experience in at least one of the following areas: Golang, Python, Java, or distributed integrations
• Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long.

Nice-to-have skills:

• Performance engineering and DevOps/SRE experience
• Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should:
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