
Backend Developer
at A profitable, bootstrapped platform-as-a-product company



Founded in 2016, they are one of the leading online scheduling software companies in the world, with over 200,000 customers globally. They are a profitable, high-growth bootstrapped platform-as-a-product company with 50+ team members looking to grow to $50M in revenue in the next 3 years.
Role: SSE- Backend [Golang]
Location: Remote (India)
CTC: 22-26 LPA
NP: 30 days or less
Note: Other Backend Language /Frameworks like Python, NodeJS and Java Springboot and willingness to learn Golang can also be considered
Skillset Requirements:
- Strong experience with backend programming languages and technologies like
- Golang (minimum 2-year experience)
- Protobuf and gRPC
- RESTful APIs
- Docker and Kubernetes
- Medium-level experience with PostgreSQL and MySQL database concepts.
- Ability to write efficient, secure, well-documented, and clean code.
- Proven ability to work with multiple teams, multitask and prioritize.
- Experience with Git, JIRA, and Agile working methodology.
- Experience with design patterns, Event-Driven architecture, and Domain Driven Designs.
Responsibilities:
- Write code that meets standard and delivery guidelines.
- Mentor fellow engineers in the team to develop high-quality software and perform code
reviews.
- Work with the team to break user stories into tasks and delegate them to the team
members.
- Playing a key role in architectural and design decisions, building toward an efficient
microservices distributed architecture.
- Analyze solutions and help implement engineering best practices.
- Work with Project Managers for timely delivery and forecast.
- Lead and mentor junior engineers on technical issues. Perform blameless RCAs when
issues occur and take ownership to resolve issues.
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