Golang Distributed Systems Jobs in New York Paying 150,000 USD a Year

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Job Description

CourseHorse is seeking an extremely talented engineer to help own the full software lifecycle including planning, implementation, and deployment. As a critical member of our small team, you will tackle the complex challenges of scaling architecture while also defining development methodologies and best practices. Our ideal candidate loves to code and build technology that improves peoples' lives.

Responsibilities - Build and iterate on product features for our students, schools, and admins, analyzing system and business metrics post-release - Jump between our various stacks and languages and contribute high quality, well-architected code (we write in Ruby, Elixir, PHP, Golang, Javascript) - You'll be passionate about learning new technologies (and then teaching us about them!) - Act as a mentor to fellow engineers through code reviews, design document critiques, and brainstorms throughout the software development process - Collaborate with product managers, designers, and business teams to identify and execute best solutions, focusing on business impact, product polish, and code quality - Participate in sprint planning, standups and retrospective meetings - Proactively identifies opportunities to improve code, engineering processes, and systems with effective solutions - Own the lifecycle of tickets on your plate, from planning to launch, including implementation, testing and measuring

Job Description

We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer to develop backend solutions for our suite of mobile and web-based products. The ideal candidate’s prior work experience reflects high standards for engineering with proven capabilities. The candidate possesses the ability to take on important business challenges and execute them with precision and quality.

MUST HAVES

• 4+ years experience in a similar role
• Fluency in Javascript
• Meaningful, real-world experience with any other of the following: Go, Python, Ruby, Java, or similar
• Experience with Database technologies (MongoDB, PostgreSQL, MySQL, DynamoDB, etc)
• Experience with messaging (RabbitMQ, Kafka)
• Knowledge of cloud computing
• Experience with modern source code management (git)
• Excellent communication skills, particularly when explaining technical matters to less technical teammates
• Ability to integrate concepts and methodologies into concrete product implementations
• Ability to work independently and quickly, but cares about precision and details, doing whatever it takes to get the job done
• Encouraged to take risks and push yourself to new heights
• Ability to estimate, plan and prioritize own tasks
• Extremely detail-oriented

NICE TO HAVES

• BA/BS degree, preferably in a technical field (Computer Science, IT, etc) or equivalent practical experience
• Strong experience with node.js
• Experience with hapi.js framework
• Experience with Go
• Strong unit testing experience
• Experience with HIPAA and strong security practices
• Experience integrating with third party health systems

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