Engineering Manager - Data Platform

About the role

Canonical is building a comprehensive suite of multi-cloud and on-premise data solutions for the enterprise. We aim to make it easy to operate any database on any cloud or on-premise. The data platform team covers the full range of data stores and technologies, spanning big data, NoSQL, cache-layer capabilities, analytics, and structured SQL engines like Postgres and MySQL. We deliver fault-tolerant, mission-critical distributed systems and the world’s best data platform.

This role can be filled in European, Middle East, African, or any American region/time zone.

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
• Work from home with global travel twice yearly for internal events of one or two weeks duration

Requirements

• 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 ability 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

Additional Skills

• 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—we’ve been working remotely since 2004
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000 USD 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

Pay

Your base pay will depend on various factors including your geographical location, level of experience, knowledge, and skills. Our compensation philosophy is to ensure equity across our global workforce. In addition to a competitive base pay, certain roles are eligible for annual bonuses and sales incentives based on revenue or utilization.

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 daily. We recruit globally and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence to succeed and need to be the best at what we do. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, challenging you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.