Golang Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems
Job description
Engineering manager role at Canonical leading a Golang software engineering team within the Commercial Systems unit, accountable for the design and development of an internal product. The role is based remotely in the EMEA region.
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Work mode
- Remote · EMEA region
- Languages
- English – fluent
What you'll do
- 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
What we're looking for
- 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
- Performance engineering and SRE experience
- Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles
Your team
Commercial Systems unit
Conceived as six engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical; the teams include Billing and Livepatch.
Benefits
- 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
- Performance-driven annual bonus or commission
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About Canonical
A leading provider of open-source software and operating systems for global enterprise and technology markets
Canonical publishes Ubuntu, one of the most important open source projects and the platform for AI, IoT and the cloud. The company is a pioneer of global distributed collaboration, with 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries and very few office-based roles. The company is founder led, profitable and growing.
Key facts
- 1200+ colleagues
- 2004
- open-source software and operating systems
- Publishes Ubuntu
- 1200+ colleagues in more than 80 countries
- Very few office-based roles; most colleagues have worked from home since its inception in 2004
- Founder led, profitable and growing
- Teams meet two to four times yearly in person
What they value
- Excellence
- Diversity of experience, perspectives, and background