Senior Software Engineer (GoLang)

San Francisco, California

Job description

Do you have a track record for developing cutting-edge products? Do you thrive on building highly scalable, fault-tolerant systems that process information at blazing (millisecond) speeds? Chocolate is seeking a talented Senior Software Engineer with a solid foundation in core Computer Science concepts, advanced GoLang development skills, great concurrency program knowledge and a natural curiosity to solve complex software development problems.

You will be working on groundbreaking new technologies within the online mobile advertising industry. Apply now for a chance to join an organization of innovators in the Ad space automation.

A successful candidate will be able to conceptualize, design & build scalable, flexible & robust systems that satisfy key reporting needs for various stakeholders in a self-serve model. They would act as a mentor for engineers on the team, and provide technical direction. They would be also able to leverage their knowledge of the system to troubleshoot issues and fulfill any ad-hoc requests within predefined SLAs.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

  • Develop and deploy next-gen mobile and web software, respecting demands of High Scalability and High Availability architecture
  • Integrate platform and communicate with enterprise vendors about API requirements and changes
  • Capable of solving code defects and maintain high quality code
  • Responsible for unit test, integration testing, refactoring and code reviews
  • Responsible for 100% uptime architecture handing billions of requests daily

Requirements

  • 4+ years of Software Engineering experience

  • Strong GoLang development skills. Java knowledge is a plus

  • Deep experience with multithreading, concurrency and distributed applications

  • Strong debugging skills with knowledge of debugging tools.

  • Hands on knowledge of a UNIX/LINUX environment required. Experience with scripting is a plus

  • Expertise with both traditional relational and NoSQL databases.

  • Development experience on cloud computing platform such as AWS

  • Familiarity with version control systems such as Git

  • Knowledge of workflow systems, transactional systems, ad-servers, integration and the ecosystem involved, standards, APIs protocols, etc. highly desirable

  • Ability to mentor other team members

  • Excellent team work and interpersonal skills

  • Excellent influencing skills

  • Willingness to learn and share knowledge

  • Excellent verbal & written communication skills

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s (preferred) Degree in Computer Science

  • Having a can-do attitude.