Golang Job: Software Engineer

Our client, a global cloud/ data protection company, is looking for a candidate for the role of Software Engineer, to join their team in Letterkenny, Ireland.

The ideal candidate has strong experience with NodeJS being the prominent requirement for the role. A background in Java and/or Python is appreciated.

Reporting to the Manager of Engineering, the candidate's primary focus will be the development of all server-side logic, definition, and maintenance of the central database, and ensuring high performance and responsiveness to requests from the front-end. Ideally, the right candidate will focus on software delivery best practices through the Agile methodology.

Responsibilities:

• Develops software modules for various parts of the system.
• Writes design documents and proposes design solutions.
• Demonstrates strong understanding of software engineering processes such as agile methodologies, code-reviews, writing functional specifications.
• Understands and maintains existing codebase, adds features, fixes bugs, re-factors existing code.
• Solves challenging technical problems.
• Collaborates with team members and cross functional product teams.
• Writes well-designed, efficient, testable code.
• Demonstrates strong knowledge of data structures.

• Demonstrates good understanding of development tools such as version control, effort management and ticketing and compiling and generating builds.
• Seeks help and advice from others when stuck to resolve existing issues at the earliest.
• Gathering & understanding and breaking down requirements.
• Provide technical mentorship to team members.
• Demonstrates a strong passion to learn.
• Possesses excellent interpersonal skills including communication and assertiveness.
• Estimates work assigned to self.

Qualifications:

• Degree in Computer Science or related field, or equivalent experience with recognized and applicable industry certifications.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience working as a software engineer.
• Proficiency with Node JS, JavaScript, React, Golang, and/or Python.
• Experience in Cloud Technologies (preferably AWS, Azure).
• Knowledge of Node.js and frameworks available for it e.g. Express, Sequelize, etc.
• Understanding the nature of asynchronous programming and its quirks and workarounds.
• Working knowledge of server-side CSS pre-processors e.g. SCSS, Less, etc.
• Basic understanding of front-end technologies, such as HTML5, and CSS3.
• Understanding accessibility and security compliance.
• User authentication and authorization between multiple systems, servers, and environments.
• Integration of multiple data sources and databases into one system.
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application.
• Understanding differences between multiple delivery platforms, such as mobile vs. desktop, and optimizing output to match the specific platform.
• Ability to Create database schemas that represent and support business processes.
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit test.
• Good understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git.
• Experience with Kubernetes is an advantage.
• AWS Accreditation a plus.

This is a permanent position working Monday-Friday with the possibility to work from remote twice a week.

The candidate must be based within 50miles from Dublin and the client cannot offer sponsorship.

Our client offers an excellent remuneration package and excellent career progression prospects.