Join to apply for the Cloud Field Engineering Manager role at CanonicalThis is an opportunity to run a field engineering team, helping customers understand and implement Canonical's open source solutions in public clouds and in their own data centers.
We work across the entire spectrum of cloud offerings, from Ubuntu itself to virtualisation and private cloud, Kubernetes, and the implementation of sophisticated open source solutions such as MLops platforms, data platforms and more.We believe that Engineering Managers should be outstanding engineers themselves.
They should feel completely at home troubleshooting technical issues and having technical presales conversations with customers.
They should contribute to project delivery themselves, but know that the technical contributions they bring are far less significant than their ability to shape the whole team's direction, focus and delivery.Role OverviewThe Field Engineering team is our team of cloud solutions architects at Canonical, working directly with our customers, designing private and public cloud solutions fitting their workload needs.
The portfolio of products includes on-premise cloud solutions such as Openstack, MicroCloud and Ceph, and solutions that could be deployed either on-premises or in public clouds such as Kubernetes, Kubeflow, Spark, PostgreSQL, etc.A Cloud Field Engineering Manager is responsible for line management and career guidance.
The ability to develop engineering talent, to represent your team from a technical perspective, and to drive collaboration with other teams and customers are all critical to success in this role.ResponsibilitiesLead and develop a team of Field engineers, ranging from graduate to senior, in the areas of Presales and Professional ServicesSolve customer problems by promoting our technologies and being a trusted advisorWork remotely in a single major time zoneCoach, mentor,



and offer career development feedbackIdentify and measure team health indicatorsImplement disciplined engineering processesRepresent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customersDevelop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practicesPlan and manage progress on agreed goals and projectsBe an active part of the leadership team, collaborating with other leadersRequirementsKnowledge of cloud computing concepts & technologies, such as Kubernetes, Openstack, AWS, GCP, Azure, Ceph, etc.Practical knowledge of Linux and networkingExperience in technical presalesExcellent verbal and written communication skills in EnglishPassion and a track record of developing and growing peopleExperience in leading, coaching and mentoring engineersOrganised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality resultsWhat We OfferWe consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide.
We revisit compensation annually to ensure we recognise outstanding performance.
In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus.Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in personPersonal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per yearAnnual compensation reviewRecognition rewardsAnnual holiday leaveMaternity and paternity leaveEmployee Assistance ProgrammeOpportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues from your team and othersAbout CanonicalCanonical is a pioneering tech firm that is at the forefront of the general move to open source.
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 on a daily basis.Canonical is an equal opportunity employer.
We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination.
Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background create a better work environment and better products.
#J-*****-Ljbffr

📌 Solution Architecture Manager (Xico)
🏢 Canonical
📍 Xico