SeniorLead Golang Backend Engineer
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Job Description
CoinDesk is the most trusted media events indices and data company for the global crypto economy. Since 2013 CoinDesk Media has led the story of the future of money and investing illuminating the transformation in society and culture that comes with it. Our awardwinning team of journalists delivers news and unparalleled insights that bring transparency comprehension and context. CoinDesk Events gathers the global crypto blockchain and Web3 communities at annual events such as Consensus the worlds largest and longestrunning crypto festival. CoinDesk Indices offers expertise in digital asset indices data and research to educate and empower investors. For more information on CoinDesk media and events please visit and for breaking headlines data and indices visit
In November 2023 CoinDesk was acquired by the Bullish group owner of Bullish a regulated digital assets exchange. For more information on Bullish please visit . CoinDesk operates as an independent subsidiary with an editorial committee to protect journalistic independence.
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Manager Engineering CoinDeskWe are looking for talented and experienced engineers to become integral members of our dynamic software engineering team. In this role you will collaborate with a skilled group of engineers technical leads and senior product managers to design develop and enhance systems that efficiently ingest process and deliver highthroughput cryptocurrency market data. Your contributions will be pivotal in ensuring the reliability and performance of our datadriven solutions.
This opportunity will also involve leveraging various external APIs and creating new APIs to expand and enhance our extensive data platform. You will have the chance to work with cuttingedge technologies and play a key role in integrating multiple data sources enabling seamless data flow and accessibility. Your expertise will be crucial in building scalable and robust API solutions that support our mission to provide accurate and timely market insights.
If you are passionate about working with realtime data building scalable solutions and shaping the future of the digital asset space this role offers a chance to make a significant difference.
Please note this role will be onsite in the London office.
Key Requirements
Designing and implementing highthroughput data services with a strong focus on scalability reliability and performance.
Taking ownership of key technology decisions balancing tradeoffs between quality maintainability and optimal performance.
Collaborating closely with data and infrastructure teams to ensure seamless integration and efficient workflows.
Conducting thorough code reviews promoting best practices and continuously seeking opportunities to enhance team processes and standards.
Creating comprehensive internal documentation for the systems you design ensuring clarity and knowledge sharing across teams.
Deep understanding and practical experience in writing unit integration and endtoend tests to ensure reliability accuracy and performance of applications.
Fluent in English both verbal and written with the ability to communicate complex technical concepts effectively.
Experience & Qualifications
Proven experience in building highthroughput and reliable systems that can scale effectively.
Proficiency in Go with a track record of writing clean efficient and maintainable code.
Familiarity with both relational and nonrelational database architectures (experience with PostgreSQL and Redis is a strong plus).
Nice to have
Experience designing and implementing scalable solutions to handle highthroughput systems including websocket APIs and services.
An understanding of queue or stream based messaging systems
Handson experience with Redis and/or PostgreSQL.
Strong mathematical background or knowledge particularly in numerical computations and algorithms is a significant advantage.
A degree in Computer Science or a related field or equivalent professional experience in a technical discipline.
Genuine interest or prior experience in traditional financial markets or the cryptocurrency industry
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY
In an effort to attract retain develop and promote the most qualified individuals CoinDesk is committed to treating all applicants and employees in a nondiscriminatory manner with respect to the terms and conditions of employment without regard to race color religion or belief sex national or ethnic origin ancestry age marital status sexual orientation gender identity veteran status/service physical or mental disability or any other classification protected by applicable law. This mandate governs all aspects of employment including recruitment selection promotion training education social and recreation programs compensation discipline termination and access to benefits.
ACCOMMODATION
CoinDesk is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the application process please send an email to and let us know the nature of your request.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
