Golang Developer (Mid/ Senior)

The Purpose of Your Role

As a backend developer, we expect you to be responsible for

1. Ensure the existing systems perform correctly, efficiently and securely
2. Develop backend APIs for product features
3. Work effectively with cross functional teams and your team

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborate closely with your Product Manager to gain a deep understanding of project requirements and feature specifications.
• Design, develop, deploy, and maintain backend services and frameworks for building microservices.
• Effectively manage individual project priorities, meet deadlines, and deliver high-quality results.
• Enhance engineer productivity by developing and maintaining shared libraries.
• Offer robust, scalable technical solutions to address feature requirements.
• Assume full ownership of your service, leading its development and maintenance, while actively engaging with the team.
• Cultivate a strong team spirit by being a collaborative, open-minded, and supportive team player.
• Identify and fix bugs to ensure smooth operation of services.
• Drive technical innovation and improvements within the team.
• Identify and address technical debt to maintain code quality and performance.

Must-have Qualifications

• A minimum of 3 years of experience in Golang or a strong ability to quickly adapt to it.
• Proficiency in designing and implementing APIs and backend services, utilizing various relational and NoSQL databases.
• Understanding of CI/CD practices, Docker containers, and Kubernetes.
• Solid knowledge of data structures and algorithms.
• Familiarity with communication protocols like gRPC, RESTful, and GraphQL.
• Proficiency with code versioning tools, such as Git/Gitlab.
• Exposure to at least two data systems, including but not limited to Postgres, MongoDB, MySQL, Elasticsearch, Redis, Kafka, and TimescaleDB.
• Familiarity with fundamental design principles for creating scalable applications.

Nice-to-have Qualifications

• Knowledge of user authentication and authorization mechanisms across multiple systems, servers, and environments.
• Familiarity with PHP or Python programming languages.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, including JavaScript, HTML5, and CSS3.
• Experience with Microservices architecture and event-driven systems.
• Experience in benchmarking and performance optimization to ensure efficient and responsive services.
• Experience implementing trace logs, monitoring systems with Grafana, and utilizing ELK (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana) for log management.

Additional Skills (Desirable)

• Proficiency in writing unit tests and integration tests to ensure the reliability and correctness of backend services.

Note: While unit testing and integration testing skills are not listed as "must-have" requirements, they are highly desirable skills that significantly contribute to the quality and maintainability of our services