Job Details

Overview

Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems at Canonical. Lead engineering quality, drive improvements, and apply your skills to exciting open-source and enterprise-scale systems. Remote-friendly with regional alignment.

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

What we are looking for

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling narrative about an alternative 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

• 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
• Travel incentives and upgrades for long-haul company events

About Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of the global move to open source. We publish Ubuntu and support AI, IoT and cloud platforms. We recruit on a global basis and maintain high standards for new colleagues. Most colleagues have worked from home since 2004, and we aim to challenge, grow, and raise performance expectations.

Equal opportunity

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer. We 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.

Location

Remote role based in the EMEA region (all teams except Ubuntu Pro) or the AMER region (Ubuntu Pro).