Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems
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Canonical is a leading provider of open‑source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is widely used in breakthrough enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. Our customers include the world's leading public cloud and silicon providers, as well as industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1,200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office‑based roles.
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, integration technologies, and open‑source solutions.
The Commercial Systems unit is made up of six 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's business and Golang plays an integral role.
* Billing team: Designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that standardises and scales the capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, allows customers to view current spend with Canonical in real time, and ensures accurate, reliable, and timely billing. The service integrates with other engineering, business, and payment systems.
* Contracts team: Designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that becomes the single source of truth for all contracts with customers. It provides a standardised CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format, integrating with a CRM, accounting system, and other business systems.
* Livepatch team: Designs and develops a service for delivering Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high‑severity vulnerabilities. The engineering team develops Golang‑based client and backend components, working with Canonical's Kernel team that builds the security patches.
Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.
Role & Responsibilities
* Develop engineering solutions leveraging Golang.
* Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation.
* Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
* Coach, mentor, and provide career development feedback to colleagues.
* Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices.
Qualifications
* Exceptional academic track record from high school and university.
* Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an 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.
Benefits and Compensation
We consider geographical location, experience and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We review compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates). In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission.
* 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.
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. As the company that publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud, we are changing the world of software. Canonical recruits on a global basis and sets a very high standard for people who join the company. We expect excellence; most colleagues at Canonical work from home since 2004.
Equal Opportunity Employer
Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. Diversity of experience, perspectives and background creates a better work environment and better products. Whatever your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.
Recruitment Details
* Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level
* Employment type: Full‑time
* Job function: Information Technology
* Industry: Software Development
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