Engineering Manager- Ceph

Join or sign in to find your next jobJoin to apply for the Engineering Manager- Ceph & Distributed Storage role at Canonical3 days ago Be among the first 25 applicantsJoin to apply for the Engineering Manager- Ceph & Distributed Storage role at CanonicalGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with ****+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.We are hiring an Engineering Manager for Ceph & Distributed Storage.The world creates more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every dayWe want to help teams to store data in open source storage on commodity hardware - safely, cheaply and simply.Our goal is to make Ceph easy to install, manage and use - from large enterprise data center installations to half-rack edge sites.We believe that distributed storage shouldn't be hard - and to keep up with the increasing data storage demands, it needs to be easier than ever before.We have a range of tools to bring to bear on the problem, and we're excited to make distributed Ceph easy enough that everyone does it.As an engineering manager at Canonical you must be technically strong, but your responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage.You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, do it outstandingly well, find professional and personal satisfaction, and work well with colleagues and community.Technical leadership experience and a background in software engineering are necessary 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.You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.What you'll doYou will lead a team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solutionYou will build and manage a globally distributed team of engineersYou'll develop your team through coaching, mentoring and feedbackYou will demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward your team's goalsSet reasonable schedules based on considered estimates, with feedback loops for improvementSet and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholdersAdvance modern, agile software development practicesMaintain a culture of quality and engineering excellenceGrow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company valuesBe an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisationWork from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external eventsWho you areYou have a software engineering background, preferably with Python and C++ experienceYou have experience operating scale out storage clusters on Linux in production environments, preferably with CephYou love embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possibleYou love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing itYou have an interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhereYou are knowledgeable and passionate about software developmentYou have experience in leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers towards delivering timely, high quality software togetherYou have solid experience working in an agile development environmentAbout CanonicalCanonical 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 of software.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.Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since our inception in ****.Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.Canonical is an equal opportunity employerWe 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.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionJob functionEngineering and Information TechnologyIndustriesSoftware DevelopmentReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Canonical by 2xEngineering Manager - Public Cloud, Python, GolangSoftware Engineering Manager - Sustaining EngineeringSoftware Engineering Manager, Ubuntu GamingSoftware Platform Engineering Manager - Ubuntu for Next-Gen SiliconWe're unlocking community knowledge in a new way.Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI.#J-*****-Ljbffr