Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems
Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT.
We are hiring a Lead Golang Software Engineer at any seniority level, who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integrations technologies, and exciting open-source solutions.
The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as seven engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Golang plays an integral role in it. We are looking for software engineers for these teams:
* The Billing team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that provides a standardized and scalable capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, enable customers to see their current spend with Canonical at any time, and ensure accurate, reliable, and timely billing.
* The Contracts team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers.
* The Livepatch team designs and develops a service for the delivery of Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high severity Linux kernel vulnerabilities.
* The Ubuntu Pro backend team designs and develops backend services for the delivery of Ubuntu Pro, the most comprehensive subscription for open-source software security.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region (all teams except for Ubuntu Pro) or the AMER region (Ubuntu Pro).
The role entails:
* Develop engineering solutions leveraging Golang
* Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation
* Deploy and operate services developed by the team
* Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback to colleagues
* Develop and evangelize great engineering and organizational practices
What we are looking for in you
* Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
* Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about your alternative chosen path
* Track record of going above-and-beyond expectations to achieve outstanding results
* Experience with software development in Golang
* Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills
* Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
* Ability to travel internationally twice a year, for company events up to two weeks long
Nice-to-have skills
* Performance engineering and security experience
* Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles
What we offer colleagues
* 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 Program
* Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues
* Priority Pass, and travel upgrades for long haul company events
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. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
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