Jobs

Location: Lagos (Remote)

What you’ll do

Build and lead a globally distributed team of engineers

Develop talent through coaching, mentoring, feedback and hands-on career development

Work with Product Management to define the vision and strategy for Ubuntu and your team

Effectively set and manage expectations with other engineering teams, senior management, and external stakeholders

Advocate and advance modern, agile software development practices

Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices

Grow a healthy, collaborative engineering culture in line with the company values

Be an active part of the leadership team and collaborate with other leaders in the organisation

Participate in strong engineering process through code and architectural review

Engage with teams at Canonical, the open source community and commercial partners

Oversee the quality of the Ubuntu Server image family

Plan and deliver Ubuntu Server features

Work from home with global travel for up to 6 weeks per year for internal and external events.

Who you are

You have a Bachelor’s or equivalent in Computer Science, STEM or similar degree

You have 3+ years of experience in leading, managing, coaching and mentoring software developers. Experience managing distributed teams is a plus.

You love developing and growing people and have a strong track record of doing it

You are knowledgeable and passionate about software development

You are focused on success and the delivery of timely, high quality software

You have experience working in an agile development environment

You have strong written and verbal technical communication skills in english

you have experience with a modern GNU/Linux distribution, Debian or Ubuntu preferred

Practical experience with at least 1 of Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, or Amazon Web Services.

What We Offer You

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 recognise outstanding performance. 

In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

Distributed work environment with twice-yearly team sprints in person

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

Annual compensation review

Recognition rewards

Annual holiday leave

Maternity and paternity leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues

Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events.

Application Closing Date

Not Specified.

How to Apply

Interested and qualified candidates should:

Click here to apply