Intermediate Backend Software Developer (Golang)

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What You’ll Do

• Develop and Maintain Core Backend Services taking responsibility for helping to guide the architecture, design, and implement new & existing microservices
• Maintain a High Bar of Quality for the team, producing readable code, writing testable code, refactoring legacy systems, actively contributing to development standards and cross-team architectural reviews
• Participate in a Rotating On-Call, responsible for service uptime, availability of critical functions, and performing root cause analysis of incidents to identify steps towards lasting remediation
• Organize and communicate the technical details of upcoming projects through our architectural review process
• Collaborate with other backend teams in guiding the development of our shared libraries

Who You Are

• Creator of Cool Stuff with a passion for efficiency at scale, leveraging Golang or another strongly typed language along with the computing power of Cloud services
• Brilliant Collaborator who excels at connecting with team members, transforming complex ideas into clear insights, while actively listening to foster a collaborative environment.
• Acts Decisively to take actions that efficiently deliver value to our customers and business stakeholders alike
• Takes Ownership of project with the ability to drive them to completion
• Respectfully Candid with the ability to tactfully give/receive feedback with various teams across the organization
• Self-Starter who actively identifies areas of improvement and provides realistic solutions
• Resourceful and Scrappy with the ability to be strategic, roll up your sleeves, execute, and work cross-functionally
• Versatile Technologist always interested in learning something new

Other Experience

• Experience developing API services with gRPC or REST
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code tooling (Terraform, Kubernetes, or others)
• Ability to apply design principles and methodologies for building scalable and high-performance backend architectures
• Experience using relational or non-relational database technology (MariaDB, RDS, DynamoDB, Redis)
• Familiarity with CI build platforms (GitHub Actions or similar)

Nice to Haves

• Familiarity with asynchronous event processing (Kafka, SQS, or others)
• Experience developing CI build platforms (GitHub Actions or similar)
• Experience with telecommunication (i.e. calling/messaging)
• Experience with migrating from legacy stacks (i.e. PHP, Ruby)