Engineering Manager – Stores at Canonical

Canonical – We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors.

Job Title: Engineering Manager – Stores

Location: Lagos (Remote)

What your day will look like

• Lead a remote team of engineers in your time zone
• Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development
• Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, management, and external stakeholders
• Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
• With your team, build clean web service APIs to support both CLI and web frontend clients, using Python (and optionally Golang).
• Engage with many other teams at Canonical, as well as the open-source community and commercial partners

What we are looking for in you

• Good experience in leading modern, agile software development practices
• Experience in forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
• Demonstrative experience of being a role model for sound engineering principles and directly contributing toward your team’s goals
• Willingness to travel up to 4 times a year for internal events
• You love to mentor, develop and grow people, and have a track record of doing it
• You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development
• You are focused on success and the timely delivery of high-quality software
• You value and nurture great team culture and spirit
• You have experience and commitment to agile development methodologies
• Software development experience in Python (experience in Golang in addition to that would be a big plus)
• Effective written and verbal communication skills
• Practical experience with Linux system administration.

What we offer colleagues

• 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 recognize outstanding performance.
• In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
• 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
• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

How to Apply: Interested and qualified candidates should Click Here to apply online