Canonical - We deliver open source to the world faster, more securely, and more cost-effectively than any other company. We develop Ubuntu, the world’s most popular enterprise Linux from cloud to edge, together with a passionate global community of 200,000 contributors. Ubuntu means 'humanity to others. We chose it because it embodies the generosity at the heart of open source, the new normal for platforms and innovation. Together with a community of 200,000, we publish an operating system that runs from the tiny connected devices up to the world's biggest mainframes, the platform that everybody uses on the public cloud, and the workstation experience of the world's most productive developers. Secure and reliable, elegant and intuitive, and open for innovation - Ubuntu is the future of open source, which is why it's the fastest-growing Linux in the world despite already being the most widely deployed.
We are recruiting to fill the position below:
Job Title: Salesforce Engineering Manager, Commercial Systems
This engineering management role is an opportunity for a technologist with a passion for Linux and Ubuntu to build a career with Canonical and drive the success of the business. If you have an affinity for open source development, then you will enjoy working with some of the best people in the industry at Canonical.
The Commercial Systems unit has several areas of responsibility spread across six engineering teams, closely collaborating 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 Salesforce plays an integral role in it.
The Salesforce team is responsible for the development and configuration of Canonical’s Salesforce instance. The team’s mission is to deliver first-class experience to the Sales and business operations teams relying on Salesforce, while achieving the highest engineering standards expected of any engineering team at Canonical.
We are looking for an engineering manager with senior-level engineering experience in Salesforce, who strives for the highest engineering quality, seeks improvements, continuously develops their skills, and applies them at work. This is an exciting opportunity to lead a change, leverage the latest Salesforce features and best practices, and put them into practice, while keeping the Salesforce instance lean and maintainable.
Responsibilities
What your day will look like:
Lead a team of engineers delivering solutions leveraging the Salesforce platform
Seek improvements to established processes, designs, and engineering solutions
Collaborate on business analysis and technical designs
Provide Salesforce subject matter expertise to business customers and cross-functional teams
Deliver engineering solutions leveraging the Salesforce platform
Requirements
What we are looking for in you:
Bachelor's Degree or equivalent in Computer Science or a related engineering field
Experience with Salesforce development and integrations
Experience as a hands-on engineering manager or a team lead
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
Skills:
Additional skills that you might also bring:
Experience as a software developer in a high-level language - preferably Go or Python
Experience in a business role such as sales, finance, or operations