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Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

Canonical

WorldwideremotePosted 18 days ago
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Skill Required

Software-EngineerGolang-DevelopmentBackend-DevelopmentInformation-SystemsSenior-Golang-Software-EngineerSenior-Golang-Tech-LeadSenior-Golang-DeveloperSenior-Go-DeveloperSenior-Systems-Software-EngineerSenior-Golang-ArchitectSoftware EngineerSoftware DeveloperGolangsoftware engineeringEngineeringsecuritywrittenLinuxCloudUnityandAIFulltime

Key highlights

  • Performance-driven annual bonus or commission in addition to base pay
  • Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year
  • Twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations around the world
  • Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long haul company events
  • Remote role based in EMEA region
  • Any seniority level for Golang Software Engineer role

Role overview

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets, with its Ubuntu platform widely used in public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. The company operates as a pioneer of global distributed collaboration with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles, with teams meeting two to four times yearly in person. The Commercial Systems unit consists of six engineering teams including Billing, Contracts, and Livepatch, all using Golang extensively. The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing, offering remote roles in the EMEA region with twice-yearly in-person team sprints in interesting locations around the world.

Responsibilities

  • 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

Requirements

  • 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

  • Performance engineering and security experience
  • Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles

Benefits

  • 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

Additional details

  • The company considers geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide
  • The company revisits compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure outstanding performance is recognized
  • In addition to base pay, the company offers a performance-driven annual bonus or commission
  • Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004
  • The role will be based remotely in the EMEA region
  • 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, further integrating with other engineering, business, payment systems
  • The Contracts team designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers, providing a standardized CPQ capability and storing signed contracts in a structured format, further integrating with other engineering and business systems including a CRM system and an accounting system
  • 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, by patching the Linux kernel between security maintenance windows, while the system runs, with the engineering team developing Golang based client and backend components, while another Canonical team (the Kernel team) develops the security patches
  • The company is an equal opportunity employer, proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination, with diversity of experience, perspectives, and background creating a better work environment and better products
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