Engineering Manager for IAM (Identity and Access Management)
Job description
Engineering Manager for the IAM (Identity and Access Management) team, building Go and Python services and secure identity and access management solutions used across Canonical products such as Ubuntu One SSO, Juju, LXD and MAAS. The role combines hands-on software development with leading a high-performing engineering team.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA, AMER
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- Build high-performing Go and Python services and secure identity and access management solutions used across all company products
- Work with product management to define the technical vision for the products
- Manage the team backlog
- Review code and coach younger team members
- Design software, write high-quality code and tests
- Provide insightful code reviews
- Write documentation and help to troubleshoot issues
- Work with upstream open source projects and internal teams to deliver high quality software deployable on bare metal, public cloud and Kubernetes
- Work with industry-leading teams inside Canonical, ensuring work is backed by rock-solid data stores and highly observable using the Kubernetes-based Observability stack
- Work with broader open source communities, participating in hackfest events, webinars and conferences
What we're looking for
- Proven experience hiring and leading a high performance software engineering team
- Experience with Go and Python software development
- Ability to design and implement complex, distributed system
- Experience working with container technology and Kubernetes
- Strong understanding of software/infrastructure security and performance
- Experience designing and/or operating large scale distributed systems
- Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
- Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
- Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
- Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long
Nice to have
- Knowledge of identity and access management technologies and standards
- Experience in the identity and access management (IAM) field
Your team
IAM (Identity and Access Management) team
The identity team builds identity and access management solutions used across Canonical products such as Ubuntu One SSO, Juju, LXD and MAAS.
Benefits
- 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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Its platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
Mission
Changing the world of software as the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- Open source software and operating systems
- 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries
- Very few office-based roles; most colleagues have worked from home since inception in 2004
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
- Founder-led, profitable, and growing
- Publishes Ubuntu
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background
- Fairness globally