Golang Jobs in Cologne

Job Description

epilot digitizes the energy industry with a unique cloud software. We are a fast growing scale-up in the heart of Cologne. Our mission: epilot revolutionizes the way all market partners in the energy world work together to deliver products and services. We offer a large network of partners within the cloud world, which is constantly expanded by the community.

We "epilots" are a team of experts from the fields of software development, energy management, product management and sales. In order to bring our solution even faster to the top in the energy world, we are looking for you as a Software Engineer (m/f/d).

What awaits you

• You will get a deep insight into the German energy market and why epilot is a blessing for the digitalization of the market.
• You will not only help us to put our vision into practice, but you will also play an active role in shaping it
• You are part of the team building the epilot software product using modern web technologies and languages.
• You are part of an agile cross-functional team of full-stack, backend and frontend developers, as well as designers and product managers
• You will participate in exciting and diverse development projects using agile methods.
• You will coach others to learn more as well as be constantly learning new technologies yourself.
• In close collaboration with our product management and design teams, you deliver end to end features for our users/
• Technically speaking, the use of cutting edge technology is awaiting you, e.g. React, Node.js, Typescript, Golang, AWS and serverless. Check out our current tech stack https://techradar.epilot.io

What you bring

• You have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science or a comparable education.
• Ideally you have experience with React OR other JavaScript frameworks
• Experience crafting and implementing RESTful micro-services or GraphQL
• Understanding of SaaS, PaaS, IaaS industry with hands on experience with public OR private cloud offerings (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure)
• You are familiar with microservices based architecture patterns
• Experience in taking ownership of features, with a team on short and long-running projects
• Practical knowledge of agile software development methodologies (e.g., XP, scrum)
• You think like an entrepreneur - you understand our business goals and how your daily decisions influence them.
• You don't see problems as a problem, but as a great opportunity for you personally, your team and epilot.
• You are a doer and have a strong Do-It mentality.
• You make quick, smart decisions and weigh the risk intelligently.
• You are a TEAM player, motivating and inspiring your colleagues.

What we offer you

• The opportunity to help building the most successful SaaS platform in the energy market.
• Start-up mentality: dynamic atmosphere and great team spirit.
• A rapidly growing company with an open communication culture, motivated colleagues and an international corporate culture.
• Epilot is growing rapidly and we expect the same from you. You never stand still, you are permanently challenged, you learn from your mistakes a la Fail Fast and Often.
• A central location in the heart of Cologne with cool cafes around the corner.
• Performance is rewarded with us - We take your desired salary seriously and talk openly about it with you.
• Transparency - We maintain a very flat and open corporate culture, everything is visible and open for discussion.
• Coffee, cold drinks, fruits and much appreciation.

You want to know what it is like to work for us? Find out what our colleagues on Kununu say about work @ epilot: https://www.kununu.com/de/epilot

Job Description

Your mission

You'll be joining the team developing the web marketplace backend. We create the business logic both for the customer-facing frontend and for the "back-office" of the product. We work on all layers of the system from the database models to public APIs. An intrinsic part of your responsibilities would be helping us to make the right decisions since we strongly believe in team collaborative expertise, and eventually realizing and orchestrating these decisions throughout the complete product funnel.

Who are you

• You are a seasoned backend engineer with at least 3 years of experience in software development (internships excluded), preferably confident with Python stack.
• You have a startup mentality and have already worked in a startup-like environment before. You are able to work in a fast-paced mode using the iterative approach towards product development.
• You like to look out of the box and to learn latest trends and best practices also outside of backend area in order to broaden your horizons and provide a better understanding of the engineering ecosystem.
• You feel comfortable interacting with colleagues from other teams on a daily basis.
• Languages: English (fluent), German (a plus)

Why work with us

• You will have an opportunity to be at the frontline of an innovation in the industry that had almost experienced none through last decade.
• You will work on modern tech stacks, and within a cross-functional group of developers, data scientists, and product people.
• A friendly working environment located in the heart of Cologne and an ambitious team of individuals with unique backgrounds and expertise.
• We have an open door work culture where ideas and initiatives are encouraged and appreciated.
• We offer a unique combination of a startup flexibility with a stability of a corporate investor.
• We offer a competitive salary.

Job Description

ArangoDB is the leading native multi-model NoSQL database, with more than 4 million downloads. It combines the power of graphs, with JSON documents and a key-value store. ArangoDB makes all of our clients data models accessible with a single declarative query language. Developers can build high-performance applications using a convenient SQL-like query language or JavaScript extensions. ArangoDB itself is written in C++, but a lot of our tools surrounding it are written in Go. Oh, and did we mention it is open source?

We are looking for an experienced Kubernetes Engineer to lead the development of our Kubernetes Operator. Our goal is to make working with data easy. And because we want to make it simpler for others, we have to work on solving complex problems like the simple deployment of ArangoDB in cluster environments. As a part of our dynamic team you will work on various components that integrate deeply into Kubernetes that make running stateful and resilient databases as easy as possible for our customers.

Our headquarter ArangoDB Inc. is in San Francisco (US), our secondary location is in Cologne (Germany) and our diverse team includes workmates at remote locations worldwide. So do you prefer your desk at home or do you want to join our modern family at one of our locations? Your choice.

About the Role

• You build and improve our Kubernetes operator to run and deploy our ArangoDB database
  
• Work closely with Customer Care to provide technical support and integrate client feedback into the product lifecycle
  
• You help produce user guides and documentation in cooperation with Marketing
  
• Help the open source community and our clients with best practice
  
• You help with the design, development and maintenance of our tools around ArangoDB that are written in Golang

Your Skills

• Kubernetes is your thing and you feel at home in the Open Source world surrounding it
  
• You have hands-on experience developing for and working with large scale distributed systems
  
• Besides Kubernetes you have more than heard of Mesos (DC/OS), Docker (Swarm), Cloud Foundry
  
• Development experience with more than one programming language, including Go

The over 40 minds of ArangoDB come from 4 different continents and over a dozen countries. Diverse backgrounds enable us to see new solutions. We love this diversity and encourage everyone who is curious and visionary to join the multi-model movement.