Senior Software Engineer (Go specialist/Messaging)

Job description

Netdata is looking for senior software engineers, with particular expertise and interest in the Go Programming Language to join our distributed (remote) engineering team.

The position is 100% remote, but with your location's timezone limited from UTC -3 to UTC +5.

We are building a modern microservices-based platform to complement our open-source project. As a Senior Software Engineer you will be expected to program in several languages, focusing on, but not limited to, Go. You will need to be familiar with architecting and developing production-grade microservices and distributed systems, REST, message brokers (e.g. Kafka, RabbitMQ, ActiveMQ, etc.) as well as writing testable, maintainable code.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement cloud-based microservices and APIs that complement our edge agents.
• Write clean, maintainable and testable code.
• Troubleshoot and debug applications.
• Operate the platform within our security and privacy guidelines.
• Collaborate with frontend developers to integrate user-facing elements with server side logic.
• Gather and address technical and design requirements.
• Build reusable code and libraries for future use.
• Automate tasks wherever possible.
• Liaise with developers, designers and system administrators to identify new features.
• Follow emerging technologies and frameworks.

Required experience

• Substantial hands on experience with the Go programming language
• Experience with programming languages (Go, C, C#, Java, Python, Typescript etc.)
  
• Proven experience with Cloud-Native, microservices architectures.
• Messaging
• Excellent analytical and time management skills.
• Teamwork skills with a problem-solving attitude.
• Excellent command of spoken and written English.

Preferred experience

• Substantial hands on experience with the Go programming language
• Experience with Google Cloud services
• BSc degree in Computer Science or relevant field