Cloud Engineering Manager

Canonical; Glasgow; Remote; USD 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative firm is seeking a Cloud Engineering Manager to lead the BootStack team in optimizing modern distributed systems. This globally remote role emphasizes collaboration, team management, and delivering quality managed services. With a focus on agile methodologies and strong technical understanding, you'll guide a talented team to meet service level agreements and enhance customer satisfaction. Enjoy a flexible work environment with opportunities for personal development, recognition rewards, and travel. If you're passionate about open-source technology and thrive in a dynamic setting, this role is perfect for you.

Benefits

Annual Learning and Development Budget

Regular Compensation Reviews

Recognition Rewards

Holiday Leave

Parental Leave

Wellness Programs

Travel Opportunities

Qualifications

• Proven experience in software delivery and managing operations teams.
• Strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Manage a growing engineering team to optimize quality and velocity.
• Ensure team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables.

Skills

Software Delivery (Python, Go, C, C++, Java)

OpenStack

Linux System Administration

Agile Methodologies

Communication Skills

Team Management

Distributed Systems Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Technology

Job description

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Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include top public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. We are a pioneer in global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and few office-based roles. Teams meet 2-4 times a year in interesting locations worldwide to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.

We are hiring a Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, which designs, builds, and operates modern distributed systems on private infrastructure for customers, including Kubernetes and OpenStack. The role involves managing engineers overseeing day-to-day managed services, customer service, operations, and product improvements. Collaboration with customers, product engineering, and operations is essential.

Location: This is a globally remote role.

Responsibilities include:

1. Manage a growing engineering team to optimize quality and velocity of development and operations.
2. Identify and measure team health indicators.
3. Implement disciplined engineering and operations processes.
4. Represent the BootStack team with stakeholders, customers, and external teams.
5. Ensure team focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables.
6. Meet service level agreements with global customer deployments.
7. Deliver quality managed services in a timely manner.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a technology field.
• Proven experience in software delivery (Python, Go, C, C++, Java) and/or managing operations teams.
• Experience with OpenStack.
• Strong commitment to testing methodologies and maintainable code.
• Linux system administration experience; Ubuntu/Debian preferred.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Experience with agile methodologies.
• Experience managing distributed teams.
• Technical understanding of complex distributed systems.
• Knowledge of cloud topologies and technologies.
• Willingness to travel (~20%).

Benefits include:

• Distributed work environment with biannual in-person sprints.
• Annual learning and development budget of USD 2,000.
• Regular compensation reviews.
• Recognition rewards, holiday leave, parental leave, wellness programs.
• Travel opportunities and upgrades for company events.

About Canonical: We are a pioneering open source company, publishing Ubuntu, and leading in AI, IoT, and cloud platforms. We value excellence, diversity, and innovation. Most colleagues work remotely, and we foster a future-oriented, inclusive workplace.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer, committed to diversity and fair consideration of all applicants.