Engineering Manager – Identity (Python / Go) at Canonical – Apply Now

Job Description

• Canonical is seeking experienced Python / Go Engineering Managers to build highly performant and secure identity and access management solutions that will be used across all company products.
• From Ubuntu One SSO to Juju, LXD and MAAS your team will define the way Canonical users, clients and community members access their favorite open source applications.
• This is an opportunity for a software engineering manager with a passion for distributed systems operations to help us transform the future of identity management at Canonical. Experience in the identity and access management (IAM) field is desirable but not required.
• You will 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.
• As the identity team engineering manager you will  bring significant software development experience, Kubernetes knowledge and a keen eye for software design, performance and security.
• You will be responsible for working with product management to define the technical vision for the products, managing the team backlog, reviewing code and coaching younger team members.
• You will be involved in all the aspects of the software development process: you will design software, write high-quality code and tests, provide insightful code reviews, write documentation and help to troubleshoot issues.
• In addition to the engineering behind the project itself, you’ll have the chance to 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.
• You’ll work with broader open source communities, participating in “hackfest” events, webinars and conferences.

Who You Are

• Proven experience hiring and leading a high performance software engineering team
• Expertise in Python and Go 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 
• Knowledge of identity and access management technologies and standards is desirable but not essential.