GoLang developer

Job Title - Golang Developer

Experience - 4- 8 years

Location - Bangalore / Gurugram

Primary Skills - Golang

Roles and Responsibilities:

1. Software Development

• Design, develop, and maintain applications using Golang.
• Write clean, scalable, and efficient code by adhering to Go best practices and conventions.
• Develop and deploy microservices, APIs, and backend systems using Go.
• Integrate third-party services, tools, and databases with Golang applications.
• Optimize application performance and ensure high availability and scalability.

2. System Architecture and Design

• Collaborate with architects and lead developers to design the structure and components of the software.
• Participate in designing the overall architecture of applications, ensuring it’s modular, maintainable, and secure.
• Define API contracts and integrate with frontend teams for seamless interaction between services and front-end systems.

3. Code Maintenance and Testing

• Write unit and integration tests to ensure code reliability and maintainability.
• Perform code reviews to ensure code quality and adherence to coding standards.
• Fix bugs and troubleshoot issues in existing Golang-based applications.
• Continuously monitor and refactor the code to improve maintainability and readability.

4. Concurrency and Parallelism

• Leverage Go’s concurrency features, such as goroutines and channels, to write highly concurrent applications that scale efficiently.
• Ensure effective use of resources by implementing parallel processing and handling multiple requests simultaneously.

5. Database Management and Integration

• Work with both SQL and NoSQL databases (such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, etc.) for data storage and retrieval.
• Write efficient queries and design database schemas that meet application needs while optimizing performance.

6. Collaboration with Cross-functional Teams

• Work closely with other developers, product managers, and designers to understand the requirements and deliver high-quality solutions.
• Participate in agile workflows, including sprint planning, stand-ups, and retrospectives.
• Collaborate with DevOps for the deployment and continuous integration (CI/CD) pipelines to ensure smooth application releases.

7. Documentation

• Write technical documentation and detailed code comments to make the codebase more understandable and maintainable.
• Document the design and development processes, API endpoints, and deployment procedures for better team collaboration and knowledge sharing.

8. Performance Optimization

• Analyze and optimize Go applications for better speed and resource consumption.
• Use profiling tools and best practices to identify and mitigate performance bottlenecks.
• Implement caching strategies and use efficient algorithms to improve response time.

9. Security Implementation

• Ensure secure coding practices and follow security guidelines when developing Go-based applications.
• Protect against common security threats, such as SQL injection, XSS, and CSRF.
• Implement proper encryption and authentication mechanisms (e.g., OAuth, JWT).

10. Version Control and Collaboration Tools

• Use version control systems like Git to manage code and collaborate with other developers.
• Engage with project management and communication tools like JIRA, Slack, or Trello for efficient project tracking.

11. Continuous Learning

• Stay updated with the latest developments in the Go language and related technologies.
• Continuously enhance programming skills and explore new libraries, tools, or frameworks to improve the software development process.

12. Deployment and Cloud Integration

• Experience with cloud platforms (such as AWS, GCP, Azure) for deploying Go-based applications.
• Ensure that applications are containerized using Docker and managed with Kubernetes.
• Set up automated deployment pipelines and continuous integration for efficient delivery.

We're on a mission to make it possible for every person, team, and company to be able to tailor their software to solve any problem and take on any challenge. Computers may be our most powerful tools, but most of us can't build or modify the software we use on them every day. At Notion, we want to change this with focus, design, and craft.

We've been working on this together since 2016, and have customers like Pixar, Mitsubishi, Figma, Plaid, Match Group, and thousands more on this journey with us. Today, we're growing fast and excited for new teammates to join us who are the best at what they do. We're passionate about building a company as diverse and creative as the millions of people Notion reaches worldwide.

Millions of people use Notion — and this number is increasing every day. That means a million people trust us to deliver a fast, reliable, and secure experience, and we value this more than anything. We want to keep earning trust, while also continuing to amaze our users with the tools they can build in Notion. This is where you come in — to help us forge a performant and reliable path forward to the future.

• Write clean, secure, tested, and documented code.
• Design & enhance the Notion platform with new capabilities, as and when the need arises.
• Contribute to monitoring & scaling the architecture of the platform and the infrastructure.
• Write technical documentation, and contribute to determining internal processes.
• Contribute to recruiting of new backend employees

• 6+ years of experience building scalable platforms. 
• Good understanding of database (Relational Or Nosql) internals like transactions, indexes. Experience in schema design.
• 2+ years of experience working on the AWS platform, and acquaintance with technologies like Elastic Beanstalk, AWS Lambda, Elastic Load Balancer.
• Good understanding of docker internals.
• Good communication skills, good leadership skills, attention to detail, a sound understanding of algorithms, and object-oriented programming.

• You're proficient with any part of our technology stack: React, TypeScript, Node.js, Memcached, Postgres, Docker, and Elasticsearch.
• You've heard of computing pioneers like Ada Lovelace, Douglas Engelbart, Alan Kay, and others—and understand why we're big fans of their work.
• You have interests outside of technology, such as in art, history, or social sciences.

Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire great people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it's the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for small businesses, you will find a home at Notion.

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• Solid experience in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML.
• Should have experience in cloud computing
• Has an ability to quickly learn and contribute in multiple codebase
• Overcomes roadblocks and requires minimal oversight
• Takes initiatives to fix issues/tech debts before assigned to him/her
• Able to deep dive into codebase and advise QA of possible regression impact
• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
• Has delivered projects with end-to-end accountability
• Keeps track of industry trends and introduces right tech/tools for a given job
• Excellent understanding of software engineering practices, Design Patterns, Data Structures, Algorithms

• Leads more than one projects end-to-end and collaborates across functions. Drives planning, estimation and execution.
• Manages stakeholder expectations and offers scalable, reliable, performant and easy to maintain solutions
• Consistently delivers complex, well backed and bug-free products in time
• Consistently takes well thought technical/design decisions
• Develops expertise in more than one area and shares knowledge with others. able to mentor/train in areas which are new to them.
• Drives people to solve engineering challenges
• Enjoys high respect of Tech and other cross functional teams
• Demonstrates effective communication with project team, management and

internal/external clients as necessary.

• Surfaces both technical and non-technical team challenges and helps resolve them
• Champion for SDLC best practices and high quality standards

• Expert at in RoR, Golang, NodeJS or Python. Good to have exposure to ML.
• Must have experience in cloud computing
• Operates independently with almost no oversight
• Is able to apply domain expertise to think critically and make wise decisions for the

team, taking into account tradeoffs and constraints.

• Communicates tech decisions through design docs and tech talks
• Has delivered multiple projects with end-to-end engineering ownership
• Keeps track of new technology/tools and embraces them as necessary
• 7+ years of experience in product driven organization
• A Bachelors or Masters degree in engineering from a reputed institute (preferably

Responsibilities for Staff Engineer role:

• Having experience in Java/Python/Golang along with Springboot, Micorservices, RDBMS
• Experience required: 10yrs to 15 yrs.