Senior Backend Engineer (Golang)

Job Description

• Architect, design, develop, deploy and maintain scalable software and services.
  


• Collaborate directly with Tech and Product Leads to develop and maintain cutting-edge software.
  


• Contribute to technical architecture discussions and help drive technical decisions within your team.
  


• Design and implement high-availability services and microservices.
  


• Develop core platform services and back-end APIs.

Requirements

Must Have Attributes

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  Proficiency in Go language with 1+ years of hands-on experience in it.
  


• Solid understanding of core language components like go-routines, channels, go-modules, godep and gRPC.
  


• Understanding of RESTful APIs.
  


• Data modeling expertise in a relational or NoSQL datastore.
  


• Familiarity with time-series databases like Influx or TimescaleDB.
  


• Ability to write understandable, testable code with an eye towards maintainability.

Nice To Have

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  Understanding of concurrent and async programming.
  


• Experienced in monitoring systems like Prometheus and ELK.
  


• Familiarity with Kubernetes or any other service orchestration system.
  


• Understanding of distributed computing concepts and various distributed solutions such as Apache Kafka, Apache Cassandra, Apache Spark.
  


• Experience with CI/CD pipeline.

Soft Skills

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  Good problem-solving and communications skills.

Benefits

Emumba offers an outstanding culture that focuses on learning opportunities, international exposure, and career growth.

Some of the many benefits we offer:

Health and Fitness

• Health and maternity coverage


• Expert-led fitness training programs


• Sports Clubs

Financial

• Competitive Salary


• Provident Fund (7.5%)


• EOBI


• Bi-annual reviews

Mentorship and Employee Growth

• Mentoring and grooming through a designated mentor


• Exclusive access to Emumba’s Corporate Toastmasters Club


• Sponsored Certifications


• 360-degree performance reviews

Work Culture

• Flexible timings


• Accommodation for outstation employees


• Option to work remotely


• Sumptuous and fresh home-cooked lunches daily

This Culture Deck depicts the core values and principles the company wants all it’s people to live by. Taking a few minutes to go over it will help a lot in understanding what it means to work at a place like Emumba

About Emumba

Emumba started in 2011 as a product company with two flagship products: Cricout (a social network around Cricket), and PatientsWithPower (a healthcare platform for cancer patients and treatment hospitals). Both products, though technically successful, were a business failure. Emumba made a pivot to the software services business in 2015 and has never looked back since then. Based out of Islamabad, the company now has 200 people with world class customers

Emumba works in 4 verticals

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  Frontend, dashboards, and visualizations (checkout our homegrown dashboarding framework K2)
  


• Backend and data engineering
  


• Devops and cloud infrastructure
  


• Ultra low latency software (read more here)
  

Majority of the customers are based out of the United States, while a few others are in the UK. Some of the popular names include Microsoft, Salesforce, Twitch (an Amazon company), Saudi Business Machine (IBM in KSA), A10 Networks (a US public enterprise networking company), Aera Technologies, Extreme Network, Aviatrix, many more

Emumba’s outstanding leadership team, composed of Silicon Valley veterans and seasoned engineering leaders, has been able to build a great culture around the principles of freedom, responsibility, and a relentless pursuit of excellence.

Have Questions?

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Job Information

Industry



IT Services





Education



Bachelor or Masters degree in CS or any related field





Experience



2-7 years





City



Islamabad





State/Province



Federal Capital & AJK





Country



Pakistan





Zip/Postal Code



44000