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We are looking for someone who’s eligible to work in Bulgaria with an interest in horizontally scalable systems and in working with Go. You should have at least 2 years of professional experience building web services (REST, Websockets, Pub/Sub, SQL) and you should be keen to write simple, testable, robust, and maintainable code. The ideal candidate will play a key role in making architectural and design decisions. Good communication skills are a must — we are looking for a team player, not a rock-star.
Responsibilities:
- Design and implement scalable systems and infrastructures
- Work closely with cross functional teams in finding a solution that fits well with the users’ needs
- Setup monitoring and testing of your APIs and services to better understand real time health of your products
- Being comfortable making trade-offs between cost / complexity / functionality
- Being an active contributor to discussions
- Being passionate about helping teammates develop technical excellence
Basic Qualifications:
- Business skill in programming fundamentals
- 2+ years of professional experience building web services (REST, Websockets, Pub/Sub, SQL)
- Experience with statically typed languages. We use Go, but experience with C/C++ or any other statically typed languages will suffice
- A commitment to user focus, collaborative problem solving and building quality products is essential
- Business communication skills in English
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with Go
- Basic understanding of Linux
- Exposure to AWS
- Experience with horizontally scalable code
If this opportunity interests you, you might like these courses on Coursera:
The courses from the Programming with Google Go Specialization
The courses from the AWS Fundamentals specialization
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Bulgaria /
Engineering – Engineering – Rhyme /
Full-time Exempt
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