Software Defined Storage Leader
Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough 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. Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
We are hiring a leader for Ceph & Distributed Storage. The world creates more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day We want to help teams store data in open source storage on commodity hardware - safely, cheaply and simply.
Our goal is to make Ceph easy to install, manage and use - from large enterprise data center installations to half-rack edge sites. We believe that distributed storage shouldn't be hard - and to keep up with the increasing data storage demands, it needs to be easier than ever before.
As a leader at Canonical you must be technically strong, but your responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage. You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, do it outstandingly well, find professional and personal satisfaction, and work well with colleagues and community.
* You will lead a team building a Ceph focused software defined storage solution
* You will build and manage a globally distributed team of engineers
* You'll develop your team through coaching, mentoring and feedback
* You will demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing toward your team's goals
* Set reasonable schedules based on considered 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 in line with the company values
* Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation
* Work from home with global travel up to 20% for internal and external events
Required skills and qualifications:
* Software engineering background preferably with Python and C++ experience
* Experience operating scale out storage clusters on Linux in production environments preferably with Ceph
* Lovely embracing new technologies and pushing the boundaries of what is possible
* Love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it
* Interest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure everywhere
* Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
* Experience in leading managing coaching and mentoring software developers towards delivering timely high quality software together
* Solid experience working in an agile development environment
Benefits:
* Full-time remote job with possibility to attend internal and external events
* Opportunity to work with a highly skilled and diverse team
* Chance to contribute to open-source projects
* Flexible work schedule
Others:
Canonical is 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.
Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience perspectives and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity we will give your application fair consideration.