Senior Software Engineer (Go) - Platform API
Senior Software Engineer (Go) - Platform API
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Job Description
THE ROLE
As a Senior Go Engineer on the Platform APIs Team youll work on some of our companys most pivotal distributed services where performance scalability and reliability are paramount.
Our engineers are encouraged to tackle projects independently with collaborative opportunities for solving complex challenges brainstorming new designs and discussing innovative ideas. Youll play a key role in maintaining high-performance standards and contributing to cost-efficient optimisations that impact the entire platform.
Responsibilities
- Design develop and optimise high-performance Go-based microservices essential to transaction management and payment processing.
- Push the boundaries of CockroachDB with efficient database configurations and high-performing queries to support scalability and speed.
- Optimise inter-service communication using NATS for low-latency and distributed processing.
- Continuously refine services to balance cost-efficiency with high performance maintaining strict availability and performance SLOs.
- Maintain high availability standards in a Kubernetes multi-cloud environment operating across AWS Azure and GCP.
WERE LOOKING FOR
Essential
- Deep understanding of designing and building distributed systems
- Enjoys working on complex challenges within critical software where high performance and robustness are essential
- Familiarity with cloud and containerisation technologies test automation tools and CI/CD pipelines
- Interest in owning projects end-to-end and supporting them as they go live in production
- Appreciation of clean code and software engineering best-practice
- Experience with Go along with a right tool for the job mentality
- Great communication skills who enjoy sharing knowledge and collaborating with others
Desirable
- Exposure to Kubernetes and/or CockroachDB would be great!
TECH STACK
Here are a few of the tools and methodologies we utilise:
- Infrastructure: AWS GCP Azure Kubernetes (EKSGKEAKS)
- Platform: CockroachDB Elasticsearch PostgresDB Vault NATS Jetstream
- Tools: Flux Terraform GitHub Prometheus Localstack Tilt
- Code: Go (and a little Java) containerised microservices open-source
- Ways of working: TDD/BDD 100% remote SecDevOps GitOps
THE TEAM
The Platform APIs Team is responsible for low-latency mission-critical stateful services that support our payments infrastructure 24x7 365 days a year.
Engineers on the team take individual ownership of tasks focusing deeply on optimisation and scalability to ensure these services operate seamlessly at high volumes. Running active-active across multiple clouds in Kubernetes these services present complex fascinating challenges in distributed computing. This work offers an excellent grounding in high-transaction distributed cloud architecture on Kubernetes.
The teams culture values collaboration for complex problem-solving architectural decisions and innovations in scaling and cost-efficient improvements providing a supportive environment where expertise is shared and ideas are developed together.
INTERVIEW PROCESS
Stage 1: Screening Call with Talent Team
Stage 2: Take home test
Stage 3: Team interview
Stage 4: Technical interview
We always aim to stick to the above process however there may be occasions when an additional interview stage is needed for us to be sure we find the best fit for the role!
HIRING LOCATIONS
We are able to accept applications from the following countries; Canada (Ontario only) Germany Netherlands Portugal Spain & UK
ABOUT FORM3
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Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full Time
