Engineer, Software Engineer

Growth Engineer

Canonical Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa

Location:

Remote (EMEA)

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This role sits in the Marketing team reporting to the Growth Engineering Manager.

• Design, build, and maintain our core data infrastructure and martech stack to support marketing and sales goals.
• Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, automations, and integrations between our CRM, marketing platforms, and data warehouse.
• Architect and manage APIs for seamless system integration and data flow across the entire stack.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and product teams to understand their needs and architect technical solutions.
• Implement and champion software engineering best practices, including clean code, CI/CD, automated testing, and version control.
• Explore and integrate cutting‑edge tools to enhance our data capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Support marketing team members with strategic expertise, setting up and monitoring automations.
• Build on automation and AI to improve lead management.
• Develop Canonical's martech stack to industry‑leading standard.

• System Design: Expertise in system design, particularly in the data world, with a strong understanding of networking, proxies, and data ingress/egress patterns.
• Cloud & Databases: Proficiency with cloud data warehousing (e.g., Big Query), relational databases (e.g., Postgres), and object stores (e.g., S3). Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and data stores like Redis is a plus.
• API Architecture: Deep knowledge of API architecture and design, with a primary focus on REST.
  
  Experience with Graph
  
  QL is beneficial.
• Programming: Senior‑level knowledge of Python (OOP, APIs, asyncio, scientific libraries) and SQL (experience with tools like Trino and dbt is highly valued).
• Web Technologies: A solid understanding of web application backend‑frontend processes. Working knowledge of JavaScript is required; experience with React is a nice‑to‑have.
• Engineering Best Practices: A commitment to writing clean, maintainable code, with experience in CI/CD, automated testing, and version control (Git).
• Mindset: A curious and collaborative problem‑solver with a growth mindset and a keen interest in the commercial domains of marketing and sales. Exceptional interpersonal skills and the ability to forge trusting relationships across diverse, cross‑functional teams.

• Fully remote working environment – we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of 2,000
  
  USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental Leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at sprints
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long‑haul company events

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm that is 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 on a daily basis. 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.

Canonical has been a remote‑first company since its inception in 2004. Work at Canonical is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game. Canonical provides a unique window into the world of 21st‑century digital business.

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.