LEAD GOLANG SOFTWARE ENGINEER, COMMERCIAL SYSTEMS

Canonical; Atlanta (GA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a pioneering open-source company as a Lead Golang Software Engineer where you'll develop cutting-edge solutions and collaborate on critical projects. Engage in mentoring, technical design, and coding in a remote-first environment. Benefit from a generous learning budget, regular compensation reviews, and opportunities to travel. Canonical is renowned for its commitment to excellence, diversity, and innovation in the tech industry.

Benefits

Distributed work environment with biannual team sprints

Annual learning and development budget of USD 2,000

Regular compensation reviews and recognition rewards

Parental leave benefits

Opportunities to travel globally

Qualifications

• Proven experience with Golang.
• Strong academic record and technical degree.
• Experience in performance engineering and security is a nice-to-have.

Responsibilities

• Developing solutions with Golang.
• Leading technical design, code reviews, and implementation.
• Mentoring colleagues and promoting best practices.

Skills

Golang

English communication

Result-oriented

Education

Technical degree or equivalent experience

Job description

Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems

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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 enterprise initiatives such as public cloud, data science, AI, engineering innovation, and IoT. Our customers include major public cloud and silicon providers, along with industry leaders across sectors. We are a pioneer in global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in over 80 countries and few office-based roles. Teams meet in person two to four times yearly at interesting global locations to align on strategy and execution.

The company is founder-led, profitable, and growing. We are hiring a Lead Golang Software Engineer at any seniority level, who strives for high engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops skills, and applies them at work. This role offers an exciting opportunity to work with popular software systems, integration technologies, and open-source solutions.

The Commercial Systems unit comprises seven engineering teams working closely with other engineering and business units. Services developed by this unit are central to Canonicals business, with Golang playing an integral role. We are looking for software engineers for these teams :

• Billing team : develops a Golang service for metrics-based billing, customer spend visibility, and integration with other systems. Ideal for engineers interested in billing and payment processing.
• Contracts team : creates a Golang service for managing customer contracts, integrating with CRM and accounting systems. Suitable for those interested in sales and revenue processes.
• Livepatch team : develops a service for delivering Linux kernel patches to reduce vulnerability exploit windows, focusing on security and reliability.
• Ubuntu Pro backend team : builds backend services for Ubuntu Pro, focusing on security and performance.

Location : Remote in EMEA (except Ubuntu Pro) or AMER (Ubuntu Pro).

Responsibilities include :

• Developing solutions with Golang
• Leading technical design, code reviews, and implementation
• Deploying and operating services
• Mentoring colleagues and promoting best practices

Requirements :

• Strong academic record and technical degree or equivalent experience
• Proven experience with Golang
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented with a drive to meet commitments
• Willingness to travel internationally twice a year for up to two weeks

Nice-to-have skills :

• Experience in performance engineering and security
• Knowledge of accounting, sales, or business roles

What we offer :

• Distributed work environment with biannual in-person team sprints
• Annual learning and development budget of USD 2,000
• Regular compensation reviews, recognition rewards, and benefits including parental leave and employee assistance programs
• Opportunities to travel and meet colleagues globally

About Canonical : Canonical is a pioneering open-source company behind Ubuntu, leading in AI, IoT, and cloud platforms. We value excellence, diversity, and innovation, with a global, remote-first workforce.

Equal Opportunity : We foster a workplace free from discrimination, valuing diverse perspectives and backgrounds.

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