Golang Programmer

Job Title

Project Details – Size, Scale, Scope?

Proxy system for incoming requests – core process system that routes the traffic

Part of a larger team environment

Will be doing a mix of DevOps and some basic networking tasks along with development – could take someone with strengths in either background but preference is stronger programming/coding side

Day to Day Responsibilities/typical day look like:

Will be a heads-down coding role and all focused on back-end (server-side) development

Will be doing some DevOps work as well but preference is for stronger DEV side and they can train up on the DEVOPS side as necessary

What are the top technologies/required experience for the position?

Golang (Go is preferred but would also consider JAVA as an alternative if strong) Golang concepts to ask around: Concurrency, network programming, microservices, distributed systems, Go fundamentals, etc.

Linux environment experience

DevOps (Terraform & Ansible scripting is highly preferred)

Qualifications

Bachelor's or master's degree in Computer Science or equivalent

7+ years of professional backend experience; you will mostly be working on servers.

Proficiency with Golang

Strong written and verbal communication skills. Communicating with engineers is a part of the job.

Willing to dive into unfamiliar things. Sometimes bugs or features require us to dig into TCP/IP, the DNS spec, Walmart's logging infrastructure, Linux system administration, and more.