Growth Engineer

Growth Engineer - Canonical

Canonical is a pioneering tech firm at the forefront of open source. We are looking for an experienced Growth Engineer to join our Marketing team, take ownership of our marketing technology stack, data architecture, and infrastructure, and drive data driven growth initiatives.

Location

The position is remote, based in the EMEA region, reporting to the Growth Engineering Manager.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain our core data infrastructure and martech stack to support marketing and sales goals.
• Develop and optimize robust data pipelines, automations, and integrations between our CRM, marketing platforms, and data warehouse.
• Architect and manage APIs for seamless system integration and data flow across the entire stack.
• Collaborate with marketing, sales, and product teams to understand their needs and architect technical solutions.
• Implement and champion software engineering best practices, including clean code, CI/CD, automated testing, and version control.
• Explore and integrate cutting edge tools to enhance our data capabilities and operational efficiency.
• Support marketing team members with strategic expertise, setting up and monitoring automations.
• Build on automation and AI to improve lead management.
• Develop Canonical's martech stack to industry leading standard.

Qualifications

• System Design: Expertise in system design, particularly in the data world, with a strong understanding of networking, proxies, and data ingress/egress patterns.
• Cloud & Databases: Proficiency with cloud data warehousing (e.g., BigQuery), relational databases (e.g., Postgres), and object stores (e.g., S3). Knowledge of Docker, Kubernetes, and data stores like Redis is a plus.
• API Architecture: Deep knowledge of API architecture and design, with a primary focus on REST. Experience with GraphQL is beneficial.
• Programming: Senior level knowledge of Python (OOP, APIs, asyncio, scientific libraries) and SQL (experience with tools like Trino and dbt is highly valued).
• Web Technologies: A solid understanding of web application backend frontend processes. Working knowledge of JavaScript is required; experience with React is a nice to have.
• Engineering Best Practices: A commitment to writing clean, maintainable code, with experience in CI/CD, automated testing, and version control (Git).
• Mindset: A curious and collaborative problem solver with a growth mindset and a keen interest in the commercial domains of marketing and sales. Plus, exceptional interpersonal skills and aptitude for forging trusting relationships across diverse, cross functional teams.

Benefits

• Fully remote working environment - we've been working remotely since 2004!
• Personal learning and development budget of $2,000 USD per annum
• Annual compensation review
• Recognition rewards
• Annual holiday leave
• Parental leave
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Opportunity to travel to new locations to meet colleagues at 'sprints'
• Priority Pass for travel and travel upgrades for long haul company events

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.