engineering
Posted May 20, 2024Engineering Manager for IAM (Identity and Access Management)
at Canonical
Home Based Americas, United StatesOn-site
Requirements
- Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT.
- We are hiring an Engineering Manager for IAM (Identity and Access Management) to build high-performing Go and Python services 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Experience with Go and Python software development
- 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
- 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
- As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open-source projects and the platform for AI, IoT, and the cloud, we are changing the world of software.
Benefits
- 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.
- We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
- We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance.
- In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission.
- Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
- Annual compensation review Recognition rewards
- Annual holiday leave
- Maternity and paternity leave
Additional details
- Canonical is a leading provider of open source software and operating systems to the global enterprise and technology markets.
- Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, and industry leaders in many sectors.
- The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in 75+ countries and very few office-based roles.
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
- The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing.
- 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.
- You will also 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.
- Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA or AMER regions.
- experience hiring and leading a high performance software engineering team •
- Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability