Observability Engineering Manager

Lead and manage a distributed team of engineers developing distributed tracing or service mesh products as part of Canonical’s Observability group. Oversee technical delivery, team growth, and collaboration while contributing to code and architecture.

* Manage a distributed engineering team and its observability portfolio

* Organize and lead team processes to achieve objectives

* Conduct one-on-one meetings and monitor team health indicators

* Review code produced by engineers and provide architectural guidance

* Interact with the open-source community and represent Canonical at conferences

* Collaborate with other Engineering Managers, product managers, and architects on roadmap and strategy

* Facilitate technical delivery and promote high-performing, productive teams

* Exceptional academic track record

* Proven professional experience in software delivery

* Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)

* Professional software development experience, ideally with open source contributions

* Excellent interpersonal, communication, and presentation skills

* Curiosity, flexibility, accountability, and result-oriented mindset

* Willingness to travel up to 4 times per year

*Nice-to-have Skills:*

* Experience as an engineering manager building high-performance teams

* Professional Python development experience

* Knowledge of Go

* Experience with container technologies

* Strong understanding of observability and monitoring

* Experience designing and implementing observability solutions

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* Competitive global compensation and performance-based bonus

* Distributed work environment with twice-yearly in-person team sprints

* Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year

* Annual compensation review and recognition rewards

* Annual holiday leave, maternity/paternity leave

* Team Member Assistance Program & Wellness Platform

* Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-haul company events