Golang Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems

Golang Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems at Canonical

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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.

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 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 on engineering solutions supporting Canonical’s growth.

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 an 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 an equal opportunity employer. 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.