Key responsibilities

• Drive the architecture of internally developed and operated software solutions.
• Actively seek improvements to established processes, designs, and solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance to engineering teams.

We expect

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a relevant work experience.
• Experience as a software architect working on distributed and business critical systems.
• Experience with Golang and Python as a software engineer.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Experience with Apache Kafka or similar.
• Experience with PostgreSQL.
• Excellent analytical skills and both verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders, remain highly motivated, productive, and organized in a fully remote environment.
• Ability to travel to international destinations for one week at a time, approximately 2-4 times per year. Locations prior to the global pandemic included New York, Seattle, London, Cape Town, Budapest, Berlin, Montreal, and Brussels.

Nice to have

• Experience from finance, sales, or e-commerce domains.

What Canonical offers

• Personal learning and development budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority Pass for travel

We expect you to have

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related engineering field.
• Experience as a software developer in a high-level language - preferably Go or Python.
• Experience as a hands-on engineering manager or a team lead.
• Experience building, deploying, and operating distributed systems and APIs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English.
• Ability to collaborate remotely with a diverse set of team members and stakeholders, remain highly motivated, productive, and organized in a fully remote environment.
• Ability to travel to international destinations for one week at a time, approximately 2-4 times per year. Locations prior to the global pandemic included New York, Seattle, London, Cape Town, Budapest, Berlin, Montreal, and Brussels.

Nice to have

• Experience developing for and deploying on Ubuntu Linux in public clouds.
• Experience integrating authentication & authorization, financial, public cloud or marketplace systems.
• Experience with Salesforce development/integration or APEX.

We offer

• Learning and development opportunities and personal budget
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual leave
• Priority pass for travel