Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

Tradition; Remoto; EUR 60.000 - 90.000; Tempo pieno

Descrizione del lavoro

A leading open-source software provider is seeking a Lead Golang Software Engineer for remote work within the EMEA region. This role involves leading technical designs and mentoring teammates while developing critical commercial systems. Candidates are expected to have a strong background in Golang software development, excellent English communication skills, and an undergraduate degree in a technical field. The company offers a supportive work environment, travel opportunities, and competitive compensation.

Servizi

Distributed work environment

Personal learning and development budget

Annual compensation review

Maternity and paternity leave

Competenze

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Experience with software development in Golang.
• Willingness to travel internationally twice a year for company events.

Mansioni

• Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation.
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
• Coach, mentor and provide career development feedback to colleagues.

Conoscenze

Software development in Golang

Professional English communication

Performance engineering

Accounting and sales experience

Formazione

Undergraduate degree in a technical subject

Descrizione del lavoro

Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

Remoto

EUR 60.000 - 90.000

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 public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation and IoT. We are hiring a Lead Golang Software Engineer to work on critical commercial systems across several teams.

Commercial Systems – Teams

• Billing team – designs, develops and operates a Golang service that converts metrics into billable amounts, provides customers with real‑time spend visibility and integrates with payment systems.
• Contracts team – builds a single source of truth for all customer contracts, provides a CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format.
• Livepatch team – develops Golang‑based client and backend components for delivering Linux kernel patches, maintaining security between maintenance windows.

Location

This role is remote in the EMEA region.

Role responsibilities

• Lead technical designs, code reviews and implementation.
• Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
• Coach, mentor and provide career development feedback to colleagues.
• Advocate and evangelise engineering and organisational best practices.

Required qualifications

• Exceptional academic track record.
• Undergraduate degree in a technical subject or a compelling alternative narrative.
• Track record of exceeding expectations to achieve outstanding results.
• Experience with software development in Golang.
• Professional written and spoken English with excellent presentation skills.
• Result‑oriented and self‑motivated to meet commitments.
• Willingness to travel internationally twice a year for company events up to two weeks long.
• Performance engineering and security experience.
• Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations or other business roles.

What we offer

• Distributed work environment with twice‑yearly in‑person team sprints.
• 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.
• 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. We publish Ubuntu, one of the most important open‑source projects, and our platform powers AI, IoT and cloud initiatives worldwide.

Canonical is an equal‑opportunity employer. We foster a workplace free from discrimination and consider everyone’s background to create a better work environment and product. Regardless of your identity, we will give your application fair consideration.