Golang Job: Graduate Software Engineer

Location: Letterkenny, Ireland - office based

Type of Employee: Full-time 12-month contract*

Druva enables cyber, data and operational resilience for every organization with the Data Resiliency Cloud, the industry’s first and only at scale SaaS solution. Customers can radically simplify data protection, streamline data governance, and gain data visibility and insights as they accelerate cloud adoption. Druva pioneered a SaaS-based approach to eliminate complex infrastructure and related management costs, and deliver data resilience via a single platform spanning multiple geographies and clouds. Druva is trusted by thousands of enterprises, including 60 of Fortune 500, to make data more resilient and accelerate their journey to the cloud. Visit druva.com and follow us on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.

The Role & The Team:

Are you looking for a programme where you will get hands-on experience and help solve real-life software challenges for a true SaaS company? Join Druva as a graduate and our team will welcome you like any other employee, where you will have the opportunity to make significant contributions from day one. At Druva we are committed to building unique highly scalable next-gen software using the latest technologies and services from AWS. Our Druva resiliency cloud is built using serverless technology on Lambda, API Gateway, Aurora DB, and S3 and utilizes or integrates with 20 other AWS services. The emphasis is on scale. We provide Petabyte level storage solutions for some of the largest companies in the world, including many top fortune 50 companies, with industry-leading performance all through a SaaS-enabled suite of products. Through partnership with AWS we pursue and drive innovation, and look to optimize our technology with new AWS services as they are released.

Reporting to the manager of engineering, and based at the Druva office in Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, you will have the opportunity to develop and apply your knowledge and education. Over the course of the year, you will get exposure to all areas in the engineering team with the opportunity to specialise in the area you are interested in pursuing. You’ll work with mentors who will help you grow, develop your skills and accelerate your career! You will also have the opportunity to gain AWS certification. *Candidates may be considered for a permanent contract on successful completion of the graduate programme.

What You Will Do:

• Develop applications in AWS EC2, ECS, API Gateways, and Lambda
• Develops software modules for various parts of the system
• Understand and maintain existing code-base, adds features, fix bugs, re-factors existing code
• Utilize technical skills to coordinate enhancements, support, and troubleshoot efforts
• Coordinate with the team with respect to issues and follow-up
• Respond to customer queries/clarifications in a timely manner
• Learns to accurately estimate work assigned to self
• Seeks help and advice from others when stuck to resolve existing issues at the earliest

What We Are Looking For:

• Min 2:1 Degree and/or Master Degree in Computer Science, S/W Development/Engineering, or related degree
• Familiarity with JavaScript, React, Golang, and/or Python
• Familiarity with AWS EC2, EC2, EKS, Lambda, API, Node.js, Java
• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it e.g. Express, Sequelize, etc.
• Understanding of Automation testing using Cypress, Selenium, etc.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3
• Understanding of REST APIs - Postman, SoapUI, JMeter, or other API testing frameworks
• Good Database Knowledge (SQL, Oracle Database)
• Understanding of Cloud Technologies (preferably AWS, Azure)
• Insight into gathering requirements and analysis for a project
• Passion for continuous learning
• Focused on code quality and application performance
• Desire to build skills across the full development stack, front and back end
• Focuses on code quality and application performance
• Highly motivated, self-starter, and goal-oriented
• Team Player
• Familiar with Jira and Confluence
• Excellent interpersonal skills including communication and assertiveness