• Application Deadline:
• Position: Engineering Manager - Solutions Engineering


• Job Type Full Time , Remote


• Qualification BA/BSc/HND


• Experience


• Location Lagos


• Job Field ICT / Computer 
  

• As an Engineering Manager, your primary responsibility is to the people you lead and support: ensuring that they are growing as engineers, doing valuable work, and finding satisfaction in their career at Canonical.


• We need someone who can display technical leadership by leveraging a solid background in software development so that they're able to challenge and grow their team members.


• You will have the opportunity to influence the culture, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on direction and execution.

What you'll do

• Lead and develop a team of Python engineers working remotely in global locations


• Hiring, coaching, mentoring, feedback, and hands-on career development


• Demonstrate sound engineering principles by directly contributing code yourself


• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects


• Set and manage expectations with other engineering and operations teams


• Coordinate with management and internal and external stakeholders or customers


• Advocate for modern, agile software development practices


• Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices


• 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


• Travel globally up to 10% of time for internal and external events

Who you are

• You love developing and growing people and have a track record of doing it


• You are knowledgeable and passionate about agile software development


• You love leading, coaching, and mentoring software developers - especially Python ones


• You are knowledgeable in cloud computing concepts & technologies


• You are comfortable administrating Linux servers, including their storage and networking


• You have hands-on experience with software automation


• You are organized and want your team to deliver high-quality software in a timely manner


• You are a lifelong learner

Bonus points for

• You have graduated with a university degree in Computer Science or related software engineering field


• Having a thorough understanding of modern infrastructure, including OpenStack or Kubernetes


• Having experience in operations as well as software development


• Being familiar with the challenges of large-scale, multi-cloud operations


• Go expertise