Senior Software Engineer (GoLang)

Job Brief : We are looking for highly skilled and experienced Senior Software Engineer (GoLang) who wants to boost his / her career by working on software systems that are built on leading edge technologies VentureDive Overview : Founded in 2012 by veteran technology entrepreneurs from MIT and Stanford, VentureDive is the fastest growing technology company in the region that develops and invests in products and solutions that simplify and improve lives of people world-wide.

We aspire to create a technology organization and an entrepreneurial ecosystem in the region that are recognized as second to none in the world.

Key Responsibilities : Work closely with engineers across many teams to architect and build highly scalable and robust backend applications and services.

Write and review high-quality, performant, and reliable code.

Continuously improve the quality and reliability of services and help define and enhance team patterns and principles.

Become the subject matter expert in your area and collaborate closely with Product Managers to understand and refine functional specifications.

Mentor and guide junior team members.

Participate in the on-call rotation and help resolve incidents within the defined SLA.

Participate in team agile and engineering practices and lead their continuous evolution.

Develop and maintain backend services using Golang, ensuring clean and efficient code.

Set up CI pipelines (teamcity, jenkins, gitlab / github) with quality gates and artifact storage procedures.

Write unit and integration tests within the Golang ecosystem.

Identify memory leaks and performance issues using the Golang toolset.

Understand Golang code and libraries' behavior under load.

Design event-based systems with suggested guarantees (e.g., at least one, at most one).

Understand Kafka essentials (topics, partitions, consumer groups, acknowledgments).

Set up cross-cluster communication (async / sync, routing, etc.).

Understand the limitations of different message serialization approaches (protobuf, json, etc.).

Write SQL injection-free code.

Optimize SQL queries using EXPLAIN, INFORMATION_SCHEMA, etc.

Understand principles of NoSQL databases and can select appropriate types (e.g., vertical, key-value, document-oriented).

Create decision documents and diagrams (C4, sequence, state-machine, etc.).

Write Redis queries, understand Redis structures, and its limitations.

Qualifications and Experience : Bachelor’s or Master's Degree in Computer Science or other related technical field.

Experience with Java Spring, Golang and AWS.

Experience working with container technology including Docker and Kubernetes.

Experience working in a high-paced start-up environment.

Skills and Knowledge : 5+ years of professional software development experience out of which 3+ in Golang 2+ years of experience contributing to the design and architecture of new and existing services.

2+ years of experience mentoring software engineers.

Extensive experience working with at least one modern object-oriented programming language such as Java, Golang, Kotlin.

Experience designing and building large scale, distributed applications including making tradeoffs in architecture and functionality in a cloud environment.

Experience operating production systems including defining metrics and processes for deploying changes to production reliably in live systems.

Solid understanding of software engineering best practices, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, build processes, testing, and operations.

In order to thrive at VentureDive, you …are intellectually smart and curious …have the passion for and take pride in your work …deeply believe in VentureDive’s mission, vision, and values …have a no-frills attitude …are a collaborative team player …are ethical and honest Are you ready to put your ideas into products and solutions that will be used by millions?

You will find VentureDive to be a quick pace, high standards, fun and a rewarding place to work at.

Not only will your work reach millions of users world-wide, you will also be rewarded with competitive salaries and benefits.

If you think you have what it takes to be a VenDian, come join us ...

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