Job Description
DEVELOPMENT LIFECYCLE ENGINEER
Coordinate, guide and positively influence Canonical engineering ways of working
Overview
Canonical – We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means ‘humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world’s biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world’s most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation – Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it’s the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
Responsibilities
- Implement the vision and strategy for Engineering Excellence. Job
- Represent Ubuntu and Canonical in front of customers, partners and consortia to support our demonstration of excellence
- Coordinate, guide and positively influence Canonical engineering ways of working
- Develop skills through coaching, feedback and hands-on technical leadership
- Set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders
- Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices
- Help develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
- Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values
- Work from home with international travel twice a year, up to two weeks at a time, for company events
Qualification
- You have a strong experience in engineering and process management in an agile environment
- You love developing and growing people and teams and have a track record of doing it
- You have led successful compliance and certification efforts, understand well the process and stakeholders management required
- You have knowledge or certification addressing industry standards such as ISO IEC 9001, 25010 and 15504 / SPICE
- You worked on successful open source projects known for their demonstrated engineering processes
- Background as a software developer
- Experience in establishing product engineering development metrics and KPIs
- Strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Location: Lagos (Remote)
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