Engineering Manager - Ubuntu Security

What you will do in this role

• Lead and develop a team of engineers, ranging from graduate to senior
• Provide technical guidance on vulnerability remediation
• Drive the development of new security engineering projects
• Work with upstream open source projects on vulnerability lifecycle handling
• Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback
• Identify and measure team health indicators
• Implement disciplined engineering processes
• Represent your team and product to stakeholders, partners, and customers
• Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices
• Plan and manage progress on agreed goals and projects
• Be an active part of the security engineering leadership team, collaborating with other leaders

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive, and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English
• A love of developing and growing people and a track record of it
• Organised and able to ensure your team delivers timely, high quality results
• Professional manner interacting with colleagues, partners, and community
• Solid background in software development, including expertise in support and maintenance
• Mastery in any programming language (Go, Java, C, Python, ...)
• Knowledgeable and passionate about software and application security
• Solid experience working in an agile development environment
• A demonstrated drive for continual learning
• Builds trust, relationships and confidence
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each

Optional things we value

• Strong technical understanding of the inner-workings of Linux distributions (ideally Ubuntu or Debian)