Lead Backend Engineer (Golang)

at  Stockbit

We are looking for a skilled and passionate Golang Back-end Lead who will be responsible for our server-side application logic along with its integration with the front-end platforms. In this position, you will use your programming skills and tools to analyze and translate business/feature requirements into well-structured, efficient, scalable software, as well as provide leadership and mentoring to the team on technical aspects. You will also be actively involved in researching new technologies/tools that can be incorporated to improve the current system.

DESCRIPTIONS:

• Develop secure, well-architected, scalable and performant backend applications in Golang
• Implement best practices for maintainable quality code
• Optimize existing codes to improve performance and efficiency
• Provide mentorship, code reviews and technical direction to your team members.
• Develop partnerships with engineers and product managers to better understand and implement product requirements.
• Collaborate with Product, QA and UI team to deliver features and improvements
• Build & maintain a strong team of developers that consistently deliver solid results.
• Monitor and adapt the team’s pace to instill a sense of urgency for progress while avoiding burnout.

REQUIREMENTS

• Backend engineers with 5+ years of experience building product feature, including 1+ years of leadership experience.
• Having 4+ years of experience with Go programming language, paradigms, constructs, and idioms.
• Understand the importance of good coding standards/best practices as well as how they can be implemented in production environments.
• Experienced in handling Event Stream Processing (Kafka).
• Experience and strong understanding of the microservices concept.
• Familiar with Golang tools and frameworks.
• Accustomed to modern version control systems such as Git, especially Gitlab.
• Experience in Deployments to Cloud services such as AWS/GCP.
• Experience in Integrations using Pipelines.
• Comfortable operating in a Linux environment.
• Self-motivated, passionate & eager to improve by keeping up-to-date with the latest trends in back-end development.
• Good communication & teamwork skills, capable of collaborating with other team members.
• Good self-managing skills, in particular with keeping up with the timeline.

Please refer the Job description for details