Remote OpenStack & Cloud Engineering Manager

Embedded Shishya; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team sprints in person

Learning budget USD 2,000

Annual compensation review

Maternity/Paternity leave

Wellness program

Travel opportunities

Job summary

Canonical is hiring an Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, a globally remote role. You will lead an engineering group delivering distributed systems and managed services, coordinating with customers, product engineering, and operations to drive quality and delivery.

The role emphasizes Linux, OpenStack, and cloud tech expertise, with a focus on scalable operations and a strong test culture. Remote work is supported with periodic in-person team sprints.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a technology field.
• Proven experience delivering software and/or managing operations teams.
• Experience with OpenStack and distributed systems.
• Strong testing and maintainable code quality discipline.
• Experience with Linux system administration.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead 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.

Skills

Linux

OpenStack

Python

Go

C/C++/Java

Distributed systems

Team leadership

Cloud technologies

Education

Bachelor's degree in a technology field

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Terraform

Job description

Canonical is hiring an Engineering Manager for the BootStack team, a globally remote role. You will lead an engineering group delivering distributed systems and managed services, coordinating with customers, product engineering, and operations to drive quality and delivery.

The role emphasizes Linux, OpenStack, and cloud tech expertise, with a focus on scalable operations and a strong test culture. Remote work is supported with periodic in-person team sprints.