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Engineering Manager - Data Platform

Canonical via Canonical
Salary
Not Disclosed
Location
Remote (Worldwide)
Type
Full Time
Deadline
30 Oct 2026
7 days left
Job Description
  • Lead an engineering team focused on building and operating data platforms on Kubernetes and bare-metal, focused on Big Data or MySQL, working in Python.
  • Lead a team building scalable data solutions for Kubernetes and cloud machines
  • Hire, coach, mentor and give feedback
  • Contribute code directly when needed
  • Set and manage expectations with engineering teams, senior management and external stakeholders
  • Advocate modern agile practices and develop good engineering and organisational practices
  • Maintain a culture of quality and engineering excellence
  • Grow a collaborative culture aligned with company values
  • Take an active part in the leadership team
  • Work from home, with global travel twice a year for one- or two-week internal events
Requirements
  • Software engineering background, preferably with Python and Go
  • Experience running production systems at scale, preferably big data or MySQL
  • Strong judgement about people's motivations, abilities and development needs
  • Proven ability to build high-quality open source software
  • Track record of driving engineering practices around performance and quality
  • Open-minded about new technologies
  • Drive to build products that improve how people operate software and infrastructure
  • Track record of developing and growing people
  • Knowledgeable and passionate about software development
  • Nice to have: specialist knowledge of Spark, Superset, MySQL or similar
  • Nice to have: prior open source experience and willingness to build products with the community
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Posted10 Oct 2026
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