Engineering Manager- Ceph & Distributed Storage

OverviewEngineering Manager - Ceph & Distributed Storage at CanonicalCanonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders across sectors. The company operates globally with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and few office-based roles. Teams meet two to four times per year in person to align on strategy and execution. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.We are hiring an Engineering Manager for Ceph & Distributed Storage. The world creates more than 2.5 quintillion bytes of data every day, and we aim to help teams store data in open source storage on commodity hardware—safely, cheaply and simply. Our goal is to make Ceph easy to install, manage and use—from large enterprise data centers to edge sites. We believe distributed storage shouldn/'t be hard, and we want to make it easier than ever before. We have a range of tools to address this problem and are excited to make distributed Ceph approachable so that more teams adopt it.As an Engineering Manager at Canonical you must be technically strong, but your primary responsibility is to run an effective team and develop the colleagues you manage. You are expected to help them grow as engineers, do important work, deliver outstanding results, find professional and personal satisfaction, and collaborate effectively with colleagues and the community. Technical leadership experience and a software engineering background are prerequisites. You will lead, challenge, and develop strong engineers, influence culture positively, facilitate technical delivery, and work with your team on strategy and execution. You will be responsible for sound software architecture and best practices in software quality, testing and documentation.What you’ll doLead a team building a Ceph-focused software-defined storage solutionBuild and manage a globally distributed team of engineersDevelop your team through coaching, mentoring and feedbackContribute toward your team/'s goals by directly applying engineering excellenceSet reasonable schedules based on sound estimates, with feedback loops for improvementSet and manage expectations with other engineering teams and external stakeholdersPromote modern, agile software development practicesMaintain a culture of quality and engineering excellenceFoster a healthy, collaborative engineering culture aligned with company valuesParticipate as a member of the leadership team and collaborate with other leadersRemote-friendly with global travel up to 20% for internal and external eventsWho you areSoftware engineering background, preferably with Python and C++ experienceExperience operating scale-out storage clusters on Linux in production environments, preferably with CephPassion for adopting new technologies and for developing people; a track record of growing engineersInterest in building products that improve how people operate software and infrastructureKnowledgeable and passionate about software developmentExperience leading, coaching and mentoring software developers toward timely, high-quality software deliverySolid experience working in an agile development environmentAbout CanonicalCanonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the publisher of Ubuntu, a flagship open-source project powering AI, IoT and cloud, we are shaping the software landscape. We recruit globally and maintain high standards for newcomers. Most colleagues have worked from home since our inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.DetailsSeniority level: Mid-Senior levelEmployment type: Full-timeJob function: Engineering and Information TechnologyIndustries: Software DevelopmentLocation: San Francisco, CASalary: $200,000.00-$260,000.00 #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17