Golang Developer

A US-based company building an efficient internet platform that enables influencers to own, promote, and monetize their audience, is looking for a Golang Developer. The selected candidate will be focused on building, maintaining, and scaling the company’s core roadmap development. The company boasts of the world’s largest database and partners with more than 25mn content creators across the globe. The company has managed to raise $3.5mn in funding so far. 

Job Responsibilities:

• Assist in designing, testing, developing, operating, and maintaining products, following defined architectural and coding standards
• Write production-ready codes that are testable, easy to understand, and account for edge cases and errors
• Utilize systematic debugging to diagnose cross-service blockers 
• Use a variety of tools to identify errors and communicate findings to stakeholders in a timely manner
• Take ownership of incidents and help in the resolution of an incident or provide assistance to others on resolving incidents
• Perform code reviews to maintain quality and value - code quality, acceptance criteria, business logic, test coverage and aligned to the overall architecture 
• Be proactive in learning from code reviews and resolving open code reviews in a timely manner
• Develop an understanding of the team's testing approach and utilize quality metrics to identify gaps
• Recommend technical solutions that support testing frameworks and the testing pyramid
• Actively contribute and understand Scrum while developing a point of view of effective software delivery processes

Job Requirements:

• Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science (or equivalent experience)
• At least 3+ years of experience working as a Golang developer
• Expertise in working with CI/CD processes using modern industry-standard tools
• Experience of working in Agile software development processes like Scrum, Kanban, SAFe, etc
• Ability to implement microservices using tools and technologies for messaging, RPC, containerization, and more
• Should possess a thorough understanding of containerization technologies like Docker and Kubernetes 
• Strong base in SQL schema design with experience of working with NoSQL databases, SOLID principles, and REST API design
• Must possess excellent communication skills with fluency in English (written and verbal) is required
• Experience in working with cloud services like AWS will be beneficial
• Knowledge of utilizing social networks APIs is preferred
• Understanding of PHP and PHP frameworks like Laravel