• Application Deadline:
• Position: Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Security


• Job Type Full Time , Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

• An Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance. The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team and product from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.

What you will do in this role

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior


• Provide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation


• Drive the development of new security engineering projects


• Work with upstream open source projects on vulnerability lifecycle handling


• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback


• Identify and measure team health indicators


• Implement disciplined engineering processes


• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers


• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices


• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects


• Be an active part of the security engineering leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university


• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path


• Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations


• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English


• A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it


• Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results


• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community


• Solid background in software development, including expertise in support and maintenance


• Mastery in any programming language (Go, Java, C, Python, ...)


• Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security


• Solid experience working in an agile development environment


• A demonstrated drive for continual learning


• Builds trust, relationships and confidence


• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments


• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Optional things we value

• Strong technical understanding of the inner-workings of Linux distributions (ideally Ubuntu or Debian)