Engineering Manager for IAM (Identity and Access Management)

Summary

Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. They are hiring an Engineering Manager for IAM to build high-performing Go and Python services and secure identity and access management solutions across all company products, while managing a software engineering team and overseeing the software development process.

Responsibilities

• Build high-performing Go and Python services and secure identity and access management solutions that will be used across all company products
• Define the way Canonical users, clients and community members access their favorite open source applications
• Work with upstream open source projects, alongside internal teams to deliver high quality software that can be deployed on bare metal, public cloud and Kubernetes
• Bring significant software development experience, Kubernetes knowledge and a keen eye for software design, performance and security
• Work with product management to define the technical vision for the products, managing the team backlog, reviewing code and coaching younger team members
• Design software, write high-quality code and tests, provide insightful code reviews, write documentation and help to troubleshoot issues
• Work with industry-leading teams inside Canonical, ensuring your work is backed by rock-solid data stores, and highly observable using our Kubernetes-based Observability stack
• Participate in "hackfest" events, webinars and conferences

Skills

• 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
• Experience in the identity and access management (IAM) field is desirable but not required
• Knowledge of identity and access management technologies and standards is desirable but not essential

Qualifications

Must Haves

• 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 Haves

• Experience in the identity and access management (IAM) field is desirable but not required
• Knowledge of identity and access management technologies and standards is desirable but not essential

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