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Join to apply for the Golang Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems role onical 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. The company is founder‑led, profitable and growing.
We are hiring a Golang Engineering Manager, who strives for accountability for the development of an internal product, has high engineering quality standards, continuously develops their skills as well as the skills of their direct reports, and who has the drive to deliver. This is an exciting opportunity to work with great people and innovative open‑source solutions supporting Canonical's growth.
The Commercial Systems unit is comprised 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 business and Golang plays an integral role in it.
Billing team
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 service further integrates with other engineering, business, and payment systems. This team is an excellent match for those interested in growing their skills in the billing and payment processing domain.
Livepatch team
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. The engineering team behind this product develops Golang based client and backend components, while another Canonical team, the Kernel team, develops the security patches.
This team is a great opportunity for those interested in security and with a strong focus on engineering quality and reliability.
Location :
This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.
The role entails
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
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 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
Nice‑to‑have skills
Performance engineering and SRE 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
About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm…
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