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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, and industry leaders in many sectors. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office‑based roles.
Teams meet two to four times yearly in person, in interesting locations around the world, to align on strategy and execution.
We are hiring a Golang Engineering Manager who strives for accountability for the development of an internal product, delivers high engineering quality standards, continuously develops their skills and those of their direct reports, and drives delivery. This is an exciting opportunity to work with great people and open‑source solutions on innovative engineering initiatives supporting Canonical's growth.
The Commercial Systems unit consists of six engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams vices designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical's business and Golang plays an integral role. We are looking for software engineering managers for these teams:
- Billing – 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 service further integrates with other engineering, business, and payment systems.
- Livepatch – 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. The engineering team develops Golang‑based client and backend components, while another Canonical team, the Kernel team, develops the security patches.
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This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.
- Accountability for the design and development of an internal product
- Leading a team of software engineers working in Golang
- Developing the skills and capabilities of direct reports
- Seeking improvements to established processes, designs, and solutions
- Building an understanding of business needs to deliver the most impact
- 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 a high‑level language (Golang, Python, Java, …)
- 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
- Performance engineering and SRE experience
- Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles
- 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 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. We recruit on a global basis and set a very high standard for people joining the company.
We expect excellence - in order to succeed, we need to be the best at what we do. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
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.
Seniority level- Mid‑Senior level
- Full‑time
- Engineering and Information Technology
- Software Development
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