Staff Software Engineer

2 Months ago • 7 Years + • Software Development & Engineering

Job Summary

Job Description

The Staff Backend Developer will be responsible for building, extending, troubleshooting, and fixing complex Golang and Ruby applications. They will design, document, and implement system-wide solutions, provide technical leadership, and communicate complex technical concepts. This role involves designing and delivering APIs, integrating data storage solutions, providing code reviews, and evaluating system improvements. The ideal candidate will work remotely with global teams and understand service communication and domain logic.
Must have:
  • 7+ years experience in building scalable backend applications.
  • Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms.
  • Understanding of web application building blocks.
  • Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks.
  • Excellent understanding of DB technologies.
  • Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms.
  • Multilingual programming experience, primarily in Ruby or Golang.
  • Experience working with public cloud infrastructure providers.
  • BS/MS in Computer Science or related with 7+ years exp.
Good to have:
  • Background in network programming, building load-balancing, fair queues, throttlers.
  • Background in data security, PCI/FedRAMP-ready applications.
  • Experience working with Linux namespaces, Docker, or other isolation technologies.

Job Details

About Workato

Workato transforms technology complexity into business opportunity. As the leader in enterprise orchestration, Workato helps businesses globally streamline operations by connecting data, processes, applications, and experiences. Its AI-powered platform enables teams to navigate complex workflows in real-time, driving efficiency and agility.

Trusted by a community of 400,000 global customers, Workato empowers organizations of every size to unlock new value and lead in today’s fast-changing world. Learn how Workato helps businesses of all sizes achieve more at workato.com.

Why join us?

Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. 

But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. 

If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!

Also, feel free to check out why:

  • Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”

  • Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world

  • Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America

  • Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers

Responsibilities

We are looking for an exceptional Staff Backend Developer with expertise in Golang and/or Ruby to join our growing Engine team. The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to the Workato Recipe runtime, including everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, and executing jobs. There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption. 

We can start with a single language engineer proficient in either Golang or Ruby. Still, the candidate should be prepared and enthusiastic about learning additional languages such as Ruby, Golang, Lua, and SQL. We place a strong emphasis on multi-language proficiency in our candidates.

  • Build/extend/troubleshot/fix complex heterogeneous GOlang and Ruby applications.

  • Design, document, and implement system-wide solutions with a focus on quality, reliability, and scalability.

  • Provide technical leadership and effectively communicate complex technical concepts to a wide audience.

  • Design and deliver well-formed and supportable APIs for REST endpoints/Go packages/Ruby gems.

  • Integrate data storage solutions such as Postgres, Redis, Kafka, S3, ClickHouse.

  • Provide code reviews to your teammates.

  • Evaluate and propose improvements to existing systems.

  • Eager to learn platform-wide components, understanding service communication, domain logic, and guarantees.

  • Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and time zones

Requirements

Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills

  • 7+ years of strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications.
  • Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms.
  • Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
  • Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks.
  • Excellent understanding of DB technologies, including classic databases and modern no-SQL solutions.
  • Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used.
  • Multilingual programming experience, primarily in Ruby or Golang.
  • Experience working with public cloud infrastructure providers (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
  • BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related subject, with 7+ years of industry experience.
  • Background in network programming, building load-balancing, fair queues, throttlers. (Optional)
  • Background in data security, PCI/FedRAMP-ready applications. (Optional)
  • Experience working with Linux namespaces, Docker, or other isolation technologies. (Optional)

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

  • Excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

(REQ ID: 1992)

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Workato empowers enterprises to transform their business operations by orchestrating business processes end-to-end and operationalizing AI across the entire organization. Designed with best-in-class security and governance, scalability, performance, and availability, Workato’s low-code, no-code platform makes it easy for IT and business teams to orchestrate their applications, data, and experiences.


With our democratized approach to enterprise orchestration, business technologists are empowered to fuel their organization’s digital transformation. Workato is trusted by over 20,000 of the world's top brands, including Broadcom, Intuit, and Box.

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