Lead Golang Software Engineer, Commercial Systems
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 Lead Golang Software Engineer at any seniority level, who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to work with many popular software systems, integration technologies, and open‑source solutions.
The Commercial Systems unit consists of six engineering teams that closely collaborate with other engineering and business teams at Canonical. Services designed, developed, and operated by the Commercial Systems unit are at the heart of Canonical business and Golang plays an integral role in it. We are looking for software engineers for these teams:

Billing team – designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that provides a standardized and scalable capability to turn metrics into billable amounts, enable customers to see their current spend with Canonical at any time, and ensure accurate, reliable, and timely billing. The service further integrates with other engineering, business, and payment systems.
Contracts team – designs, develops, and operates a Golang service that will become the single source of truth for all contracts with all customers. The service provides a standardized CPQ capability and stores signed contracts in a structured format. The service further integrates with other engineering and business systems including a CRM system and an accounting system.
Livepatch team – designs and develops a service for the delivery of Linux kernel patches to shrink the exploit window for critical and high‑severity Linux kernel vulnerabilities, by patching the Linux kernel between security maintenance windows, while the system runs.

Location: This role will be based remotely in the EMEA region.
Role entitles

Develop engineering solutions leveraging Golang.
Lead technical designs, code reviews, and implementation.
Deploy and operate services developed by the team.
Coach, mentor, and offer career development feedback to colleagues.
Develop and evangelise great engineering and organisational practices.

What we are looking for in you

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 Golang.
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 skills

Performance engineering and security experience.
Experience with accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles.

What we offer colleagues
We consider geographical location, experience, and performance in shaping compensation worldwide. We revisit compensation annually (and more often for graduates and associates) to ensure we recognise outstanding performance. In addition to base pay, we offer a performance‑driven annual bonus or commission. We provide all team members with additional benefits, which reflect our values and ideals. We balance our programs to meet local needs and ensure fairness globally.

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.

About Canonical
Canonical is a pioneering tech firm 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 of software. 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. Most colleagues at Canonical have worked from home since its inception in 2004. Working here is a step into the future, and will challenge you to think differently, work smarter, learn new skills, and raise your game.
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.
Seniority level
Mid‑Senior level
Employment type
Full‑time
Job function
Information Technology
Industries
Software Development
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