Staff Software Engineer - Full Stack Engineer (Golang)

About the position

The position involves leading the design, development, and deployment of scalable web applications and microservices. The candidate will be responsible for architecting and implementing backend microservices in Golang/Node.js and frontend interfaces in React. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to ensure high-quality product delivery. The role also includes mentoring team members, conducting code reviews, and ensuring adherence to best practices. The candidate will drive technical decisions, manage cloud infrastructure with a GitOps-first mindset, and own and support the products and use cases that the team supports.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, development, and deployment of scalable web applications and microservices.
• Architect and implement backend microservices in Golang/Node.js and frontend interfaces in React.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure high-quality product delivery.
• Mentor team members, conduct code reviews, and ensure adherence to best practices.
• Drive technical decisions, trade-offs, and innovation across the stack.
• Manage cloud infrastructure with a GitOps-first mindset.
• Own and support the products and use cases that we support.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• Strong proficiency in JavaScript/TypeScript and React for frontend development.
• Proficient in backend development using Golang and Node.js.
• Experience developing products using serverless and microservices architectures and event-driven design.
• Experience developing cloud native products using popular cloud platforms (AWS, GCP mainly).
• Deep understanding of Kubernetes and containerized application deployment.
• Solid knowledge and hands-on experience with GitOps workflows.
• Strong understanding of RESTful, gRPC and graphQL APIs.
• Familiar with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools such as Terraform or AWS CDK.
• Excellent communication, problem-solving, and team leadership skills.
• Strong sense of ownership.
• Skilled in automated testing leveraging Test Pyramid.
• Comfortable working in an Agile environment at a fast pace with changing priorities.

Nice-to-haves

• Knowledge of service meshes (Istio, Linkerd).
• Exposure to monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, etc.).
• Contributions to open-source projects or tech community involvement.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, legal, and accidental death and dismemberment insurance coverage.
• FSA/HSA options depending on enrolled medical plan.
• Short-term disability and long-term disability insurance.
• Life insurance.
• 401(k) plan.
• 4 weeks of vacation.
• Paid sick leave.
• 10 paid holidays.
• A floating day off.
• 2 paid days for volunteer time each calendar year.