Senior Software Architect, Commercial Systems

8 hours ago

Cape Town, South Africa Canonical - Jobs Full time

This role is an opportunity for a senior software architect to build a career with Canonical and drive the architecture of internally developed and deployed software solutions.

We are looking for a senior software architect with hands-on experience with Go and Python, distributed systems, SaaS, and microservices, who has the drive, energy, and skills to drive the architecture of business critical systems at Canonical.

**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

Canonical is a growing international software company that works with the open-source community to deliver Ubuntu, the world's best free software platform. Our services help businesses worldwide reduce costs, improve efficiency and enhance security with Ubuntu.

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