Lead the team that keeps real customer clouds running, not in theory but in production, under SLAs, across time zones. If you know OpenStack, understand distributed systems, and can balance delivery with operational excellence, this is a high impact leadership role.
About Canonical
Canonical publishes Ubuntu and builds open source platforms used across cloud, AI, and enterprise. They are founder led, profitable, and remote first since 2004, with teammates across 75+ countries. The BootStack team designs, builds, and operates modern private cloud environments for customers, spanning OpenStack, Kubernetes, and managed services operations.
Schedule
- Fully remote, worldwide
- Work in a globally distributed team with async collaboration
- Travel required for team events and customer meetings, roughly 20% or less (plus company sprints twice yearly)
What You’ll Do
• Manage and grow an engineering team responsible for both development and day to day operations of customer cloud environments
• Improve team quality and velocity by implementing disciplined engineering and operations processes
• Track and improve team health indicators, delivery predictability, and operational performance
• Represent the BootStack team to stakeholders, customers, and internal partner teams
• Maintain strong focus on priorities, milestones, and deliverables across a fast moving roadmap
• Meet SLAs for customer deployments around the globe and deliver consistent managed services
• Drive continuous improvement in reliability, automation, and service delivery
What You Need
• Bachelor’s degree in a technology field (or equivalent experience)
• Proven experience with OpenStack in production environments
• Track record in software delivery (Python, Go, C, C++, Java, or similar) and or managing operations teams
• Strong commitment to testing practices and maintainable, high quality code
• Linux systems administration experience (Ubuntu or Debian a plus)
• Comfort with cloud topologies and complex distributed systems
• Strong communication, collaboration, and stakeholder management skills
• Experience working in and leading distributed teams
• Familiarity with agile development methodologies
Benefits
• Distributed work environment with twice yearly team sprints in person
• USD 2,000 annual learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Maternity and paternity leave
• Team Member Assistance Program and wellness platform
• Opportunity to travel to meet colleagues, plus Priority Pass and long haul travel upgrades
This is a role for someone who can keep the cloud stable while still pushing it forward. If you’re built for that mix of pressure and progress, take the shot.
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