Technical leadership role
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the role of technical manager is a key part in the delivery of our global software distribution engine. This is an opportunity to lead a team that develops micro-services using python and golang. The team's goal is to create a unified system that understands key concepts in software distribution - architectures, releases, betas, release candidates, stable releases, branches and more.
this is a technical leadership role to drive a team that builds clean web service apis to support both cli and web frontend clients, using python (and optionally golang). The successful candidate will have experience in leading modern, agile software development practices and forming a healthy, collaborative engineering culture.
responsibilities
* 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
requirements
* 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
* fully remote working environment
* personal learning and development budget of 2000usd per annum
* annual compensation review
* recognition rewards
* annual holiday leave
* parental leave
* employee assistance programme
* opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
* priority pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events
about us
we are a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for ai, iot, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company. We expect excellence; in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do.