Golang Engineering Manager - Commercial Systems

Working Nomads; Emea; Remote; IDR 200.000.000 - 300.000.000; Full time

Job summary

A pioneering tech firm is seeking a Golang Engineering Manager to lead the development of an internal product. This remote role involves managing a team of engineers and advocating for continuous improvement in processes. Candidates should have a strong technical background with experience in Golang and excellent communication skills. The company offers a competitive compensation package, including a personal development budget and annual reviews, in a distributed work environment with opportunities for international travel.

Benefits

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

Qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record from both high school and university.
• Ability to travel internationally twice a year for company events.

Responsibilities

• 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 and designs.

Skills

Software development in Golang

Software development in Python

Software development in Java

Excellent presentation skills

Result-oriented approach

Education

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Job description

Canonical is a leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets. Our platform, Ubuntu, is very 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, who has high engineering quality standards, continuously develops their skills as well as skills of their direct reports, and who has the drive to deliver. This is an exciting opportunity to work with great people and exciting open-source solutions on innovative engineering solutions supporting Canonical's growth.

The Commercial Systems unit is conceived as 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 business and Golang plays an integral role in it. We are looking for software engineering managers for these teams:

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, payment systems. This team is an excellent match for those interested in growing their skills in the billing and payment processing domain.

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 neds 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

We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognize outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance-driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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. 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.

Canonical is an equal opportunity employer