Software Development MethodologiesAgile Software DevelopmentCooperationEngineering ManagementOpenstackOperations ProcessesProduct EngineeringSkill DevelopmentSoftware Deployment
LondonUK
Enterprise open source, secured and delivered by the publisher of Ubuntu.
1480+ employees
Enterprise
Open for applications
Role
Who you are
Bachelors (or equivalent) education in a technology field
Proven track record in software delivery using Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar
Experience managing operations teams
Proven experience with OpenStack
Strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code quality
Experience with Linux system administration, Ubuntu/Debian a plus
Strong communication and cooperation skills
Experience with agile software development methodologies
Experience managing distributed teams
Technical aptitude for complex distributed systems
Experience with cloud topologies and technologies
Willingness to travel to events and customer meetings, roughly 20% or less
What the job involves
The BootStack team designs, builds, and operates modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for customers. From Kubernetes to OpenStack and everything in-between, you’ll be working with the latest technology in a fast-paced engineering environment. As an OpenStack Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, you will be responsible for managing the engineers that oversee day-to-day Managed Service of customer environments, including customer service management, managed services operations and consistent product improvement engineering. Collaboration with customers, product engineering, and operations is critical to success.
Manage a growing engineering team to optimise the quality and velocity of both development and operations
Identify and measure team health indicators
Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes
Represent the BootStack team with respect to stakeholders, customers, and external teams
Ensure proper team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables
Work to meet service level agreements with customer deployments around the globe
Deliver quality managed services in a consistent, timely manner
Canonical delivers open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. They aim to accelerate the adoption and quality of open source globally, aiming to ship the most software by cores. Canonical values empathy, high intellect, passion for technology, teamwork, and energy.
Company benefits
Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person
Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
Annual compensation review
Recognition rewards
Annual holiday leave
Maternity and paternity leave
Employee Assistance Programme
Travel to new locations to meet colleagues
Priority Pass for travel upgrades for long haul company events