Engineering Director – Commercial Systems

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Europe.

📋 Description

• Direct the Commercial Systems unit, which includes three engineering teams.

• Oversee diverse groups of engineers, from recent graduates to seasoned professionals.

• Cultivate engineering managers and promote Canonical's culture within their teams.

• Advocate for and implement effective engineering practices and processes.

• Establish and execute performance management goals and objectives.

• Identify and assess team health metrics, taking corrective actions as necessary.

• Manage product development roadmaps for the engineering teams.

• Engage in the Commercial Systems leadership team and collaborate with fellow leaders.

• Grow teams by recruiting talented individuals.

• Work closely with stakeholders and product users.

• Supervise the Billing, Contracts, and Livepatch software teams along with their services.

⛳️ Requirements

• Outstanding academic performance from both high school and university.

• Bachelor's degree in a technical field or a compelling story regarding an alternative career path.

• Demonstrated capability to lead multiple or large teams of software engineers to achieve exceptional outcomes.

• Engineering experience in at least one of the following: Golang, Python, Java, or distributed integrations.

• Proven history of surpassing expectations to deliver remarkable results.

• Proficient in professional written and spoken English, accompanied by excellent presentation abilities.

• Results-oriented individual with a strong personal motivation to fulfill commitments.

• Willingness to travel internationally twice a year for company events, lasting up to two weeks.

• Experience in performance engineering and DevOps/SRE (preferred).

• Background in accounting, sales, sales operations, or other business roles (preferred).

🏝️ Benefits

• Performance-based annual bonus or commission in addition to the base salary.

• Remote work environment with biannual in-person team sprints.

• Personal learning and development budget of USD 2,000 per year.

• Annual salary review.

• Recognition rewards.

• Annual vacation leave.

• Maternity and paternity leave.

• Employee Assistance Program.

• Opportunities to travel to new locations to connect with colleagues.

• Priority Pass and travel upgrades for long-distance company events.