Senior Golang Developer

Job Summary

Key Responsibilities

• Design, code and test **Golang** services to meet product requirements, this includes writing efficient, reusable and reliable code.
• Work closely with **Product owners/managers**, other **developers** to integrate backend services with various components
• Lead **code reviews**, debug existing code and refactor to improve performance or extend functionality
• Contribute to **system architecture**, focusing on **scalability**, **performance** and **security**
• Write and maintain comprehensive **documentation** for discovery, solution and system components.
• Develop and maintain **unit/component/E2E integration tests** to ensure software reliability
• Deploy and test the code in **dev test** and **staging environments** and document **test evidence** prior moving the code to production
• Assist with **production deployment** and ensure smooth **CI/CD pipeline** process
• Participate in **agile development processes** including **sprint planning**, **stand-ups**, **demos** and **retrospectives**
• Adhere to **security** and **regulatory best practices**
• Own a **sub module development** with an **E2E understanding** including **infrastructure**
• Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging **status quo** and demonstrating **risk taking**

Requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• **Bachelors degree** in **computer science**, **computer science engineering**, or related experience required; advanced degree preferred
• **5+ years** of experience with **software development** in a professional environment
• **2 + years** of experience with **software development** in **Go**
• Excellent **problem-solving skills** and **attention to detail**, Strong **communication skills** both verbal and written
• Proficiency with **Docker**, **Kubernetes** or other **container orchestration technologies**
• Solid understanding/experience of **test-driven development**, including **unit**, **component**, **functional**, **system integration** and **regression tests**
• Experience with **back-end micro-service architecture** and communication, specifically **REST** and **asynchronous messaging services**
• Understanding of **concurrent programming** and **networking** in **Go**
• Experience with **version control systems**, particularly **Git**.
• Ability to work in a **team environment** as well as independently
• Commitment to write **clean maintainable code** with good **documentation practices**
• Experience with **test case design**, **test automation** and **execution**
• Experience working with **relational/NoSQL databases**
• Proven experience with **leading teams of engineers**
• Wide **breadth** of **engineering experience**
• Ability to **lead** and **own an individual module development**
• **Mentor** and **guide success** within the team
• Exposure to **distributed (multi-tiered) systems**, **algorithms**, and **relational databases**

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with **Agile** or other **rapid application development methods**
• Experience with **cloud platforms** like **AWS**, **Azure** or **Google Cloud**
• Experience working with popular **Go's 3rd party libraries**
• Experience **leading multiple scrum teams**
• Experience working with **GitHub Copilot Chat**
• Experience working with **Comcast Rulio** or other **rule libraries**
• Influence team members with creative changes and improvements by challenging **status quo** and demonstrating **risk taking**
• Be a **productivity multiplier** for your team by analysing workflow and contributing to enable the team to be more effective, productive, and demonstrating faster and stronger results
• Drives the team’s **strategy** and prioritizes **initiatives**
• Takes accountability for the **success of the team** achieving their **goals**
• Finds opportunities to embrace **innovative technologies** to enable **business capabilities**