Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang)

• We are looking for an exceptional Staff Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join our growing Engine team. The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to Workato Recipe runtime
• Everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, executing jobs. There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption
• We also consider strong Ruby-only candidates, as well as Golang-only candidates who are open to learning new languages
• Be a key contributor to the architecture and design of distributed applications with strict requirements for performance and resilience
• Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Golang/Ruby applications, as well as small self-contained Golang microservices
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and Golang
• Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/S3/Redis/Kafka/ClickHouse etc
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Provide code reviews to your teammates
• Provide technical leadership. Work with other teams on shared projects
• Evaluate and propose improvements to existing systems
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization

Benefits

• Flexible Working Arrangements: We want to empower our employees to give us their 110%, and still be able to fully live their personal lives beyond what they do at Workato.
• Great Employee Benefits: Our employee benefits are designed not just to help everyone at Workato fulfill their basic and tangible needs, but also feel appreciated for their contributions to the company.
• Professional Development Opportunities: We are invested in the long-term professional development of our people, beyond what they bring to the table on their first day at work.

We support individual career ambitions, and set aside training programs and budgets they can tap on to upgrade both soft and hard skills.

• Dedicated Wellness & Recreation Time: We make it a point to dedicate time to pause, recharge and get to know each other better.

From virtual game nights to fitness sessions, there’s always time for a little fun on the calendars.- Knowledge of all common basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must

• Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms
• Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years)
• Excellent understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL
• Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks
• At least basic understanding of cloud deployments (k8s, Terraform, ArgoCD)
• Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with a trend to migrate to GOlang and Rust. At least two languages are required
• Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc
• Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills
• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience
• Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud)
• Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies
• Background in network programming
• Deep knowledge of physical DB design
• Background in application, data security
• Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc)
• Background in GOlang, Rust, WASM, Kotlin-multiplatform
• Experience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc)
• Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus
• Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones
• Ability to technically lead projects. Work with requirements, cost analysis