Golang Job: Backend Engineer (Golang)

Who We Are

We are Vet-AI, and we are delivering the pet care of the future. Our flagship app, Joii Pet Care was created to make pet care affordable and accessible for all pet owners. Through Joii, pet mums and dads can video call a vet 24/7, use an intelligent pet symptom checker (think NHS 111 but for pets), or seek preventative care through nurse clinics. And yes - it can all be done from the comfort of home - drastically reducing the need for in-person vet trips.

Our mission:

• To make pet care affordable and accessible for everyone.
• To improve the lives and wellbeing of everyone working within the veterinary industry.

What we offer

• Big impact. Your work will help shape the pet care industry. We are working hard to change the status quo and help pets and pet parents across the globe access better and more affordable care.

• Great team. You’ll work alongside very talented and dedicated people. We're all about growth, collaboration, and support.

• Cool tech stack. We strive to use the best, most modern tools and technologies, and when they fall short of our expectations, we invent our own.

• Own products. We don’t work for clients, we build awesome products. Everyone contributes towards achieving a great customer experience and a better product.

• Growth. We encourage everyone to continuously grow and get out of their comfort zone. You will be supported in any initiatives that will help you or the company grow.

• Remote working. This goes without saying, you can work from anywhere. We've always been a remote team and we've matured the process over the years. Covid aside, we'll continue to work remotely.

• Flexible schedule. Our regular hours are 9-5 GMT/BST, but this isn’t a “clock in, clock out” company. You’re fully trusted to create the right conditions for your own personal peak productivity.

• Exposure to AI R&D. Our team of data scientists is currently working on cutting edge research into how AI can be used in veterinary medicine. We expect to move forward with a deep integration with our products in the next 12 months.

Key responsibilities

• Take part in all activities relating to the Agile process, planning, stand-up, grooming, estimation, and retros, promoting transparency and collaboration

• Collaborate closely and without barriers with the product team, mobile and web teams, and other engineers to define top quality product features and solutions

• Take the lead on architecting solutions with the aim to always select the appropriate technologies and approach

• Deliver functionality swiftly and in working increments

• Take part in peer code reviews working with teammates to review code, style, design, and tests. Use peer reviews as a space to grow and be challenged where solutions can be collectively analyzed and improved

• Collaborate with the other engineers on the team on product development and technical ideas and contribute to the development of a product-minded engineering culture

• Communicate early and often on progress/status of currently assigned tasks

• Identify areas that require documentation creating new or editing existing documentation

• Utilise Git source control, continuous integration, and unit testing best practices

Requirements

• 2+ years of professional experience with Go

• 5+ years of experience as a backend engineer creating and running APIs and delivering high-volume applications

• Competent in making technical decisions in regards to tools and architecture

• Experience leading other developers and working in a multidisciplinary team

• Experience with Google Cloud, Kubernetes & Docker deployment

• Excellent knowledge of Microservice Architecture

• Solid experience with MySQL

• Vigorous advocate of unit and integration tests

• Solid knowledge of Gitflow, code reviews, and processes

What You’ll Get

• 33 days of paid holiday including the usual UK public holidays

• Remote working - work from a location that you thrive from, with flexible hours. We will trust you to get the job done and don’t believe in outdated working conditions.

• Access to our newly launching career development scheme, with a dedicated budget to put towards initiatives for your career (whether it’s training courses or tickets to conferences is up to you)

Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging

We’re building an inclusive and diverse team. As an equal opportunity employer, we celebrate diversity and encourage members of traditionally underrepresented backgrounds to apply, including people of colour, women, people with disabilities, and LGBTQ+ people. We're also committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and fostering an encouraging and caring workplace. We welcome applicants from everyone of all life experiences, as we truly believe that surrounding ourselves with different opinions means that we’ll challenge our own assumptions instead of thinking we know the correct answer. If you aren’t sure if you qualify, send us your CV anyway. We’ll take the time to look over your application and give you feedback.

Job Type: Full-time

Salary: £60,000.00-£75,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company events
• Company pension
• Flexitime
• Gym membership
• Sick pay
• Work from home

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift

Expected start date: 31/10/2022