Engineering Manager - MLOps & Analytics

Canonical; Regina; Remote; CAD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking an Engineering Manager to lead a distributed team of engineers focused on MLOps solutions. The role involves mentoring, managing processes, and ensuring team effectiveness in a remote-first environment. Ideal candidates should have strong Python development skills and a proven track record in open source projects. This position offers a unique opportunity to contribute to innovative technologies while enjoying the flexibility of remote work.

Benefits

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

Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues

Responsibilities

• Manage a distributed team of engineers.
• Organize and lead processes to achieve objectives.
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with team members.
• Mentor and grow direct reports.

Skills

Team Leadership

Python Development

MLOps Solutions

Open Source Contributions

Education

Exceptional academic track record

Tools

Machine Learning Libraries

Docker

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

Google Cloud

Job description

Overview

The role of an Engineering Manager at Canonical

As an Engineering Manager at Canonical, you must be technically strong, but your main responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage. You will develop and review code as a leader, while also ensuring that the best way to improve the product is to keep the whole team focused, productive and unblocked. Location: This is a Globally remote role.

You are expected to help team members grow as engineers, do meaningful work, perform outstandingly, find professional and personal satisfaction, and collaborate well with colleagues and the community. You will also be expected to be a positive influence on culture, facilitate technical delivery, and regularly reflect with your team on strategy and execution. You will collaborate closely with other Engineering Managers, product managers, and architects to produce an engineering roadmap with ambitious and achievable goals. You should be fluent in the programming language, architecture, and components that your team uses, including popular open-source machine learning tools such as Kubeflow, MLFlow, and Feast. Code reviews and architectural leadership are part of the role, with a commitment to healthy engineering practices, documentation, quality and performance optimization. This also includes fair and clear management and the obligation to ensure a high-performing team.

What your day will look like

• Manage a distributed team of engineers and its MLOps/Analytics portfolio
• Organize and lead the team's processes to help it achieve its objectives
• Conduct one-on-one meetings with team members
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Interact with a vibrant community
• Review code produced by other engineers
• Attend conferences to represent Canonical and its MLOps solutions
• Mentor and grow your direct reports, helping them achieve their professional goals
• Work from home with global travel for 2 to 4 weeks per year for internal and external events

What we are looking for in you

• A proven track record of professional experience of software delivery
• Professional Python development experience, preferably with a track record in open source
• A proven understanding of the machine learning space, its challenges and opportunities to improve
• Experience designing and implementing MLOps solutions
• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and preferably university
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events

Additional skills that you might also bring

The following skills may be helpful to you in the role, but we don't expect everyone to bring all of them.

• Hands-on experience with machine learning libraries or tools
• Proven track record of building highly automated machine learning solutions for the cloud
• Experience with building machine learning models
• Experience with container technologies (Docker, LXD, Kubernetes, etc.)
• Experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud)
• Experience in the Linux and open-source software world
• Working knowledge of cloud computing
• Passionate about software quality and testing
• Experience working on a distributed team on an open source project — even if that is community open source contributions
• Demonstrated track record of Open Source contributions

What we offer you

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

• Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person - we\'ve been working remotely since 2004!
• 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
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and others
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is 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 on a daily basis. 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.

Canonical has been a remote-first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st-century digital business.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer

We 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.