Remote-First: Ceph & Distributed Storage Engineering Lead

Jobicy; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager for Ceph & Distributed Storage to lead a globally distributed team of engineers. You will combine strong software engineering with people leadership, coaching and mentoring, and help set strategy and execution for Ceph-based storage on Linux.

You are technically strong, with Python and C++ experience, and you will drive quality, architecture, testing and documentation while growing your team and expanding open source storage initiatives.

Qualifications

• Strong software engineering background with leadership experience.
• Experience operating scale-out storage clusters on Linux, preferably Ceph.
• Interest in building products that improve software and infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team building a Ceph-focused software defined storage solution.
• Build and manage a globally distributed team of engineers.
• Develop your team through coaching, mentoring and feedback.
• Demonstrate sound engineering principles by contributing toward your team’s goals.
• Set reasonable schedules based on estimates with feedback loops for improvement.
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholders.
• Advance modern, agile software development practices.
• Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence.
• Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company values.
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders.

Skills

Python

C++

Software engineering

Leadership

Tools

Ceph

Linux

Job description

Canonical is seeking an Engineering Manager for Ceph & Distributed Storage to lead a globally distributed team of engineers. You will combine strong software engineering with people leadership, coaching and mentoring, and help set strategy and execution for Ceph-based storage on Linux.

You are technically strong, with Python and C++ experience, and you will drive quality, architecture, testing and documentation while growing your team and expanding open source storage initiatives.