About MAKE

MAKE is a US-headquartered, privately-held product development firm. We specialize in various industries, including public health data platforms and blockchain technology. In public health data, we work closely with the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluations (IHME) at the University of Washington (www.healthdata.org (https://www.healthdata.org/)), an institution privately funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. In cooperation with them, we have been enabling public health policy makers make data-based decisions for many years, and helped create the tools that enabled governments and organizations around the world to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic based on the best-available data modeling. In blockchain technology, we have been closely involved with the development and roll out of both Level 1 and Level 2 blockchain protocols. We contribute to core protocol development, as well as develop and exploit eco-system tools such as block explorers, wallets, staking solutions and middleware platforms.

We are a cohesive team of high-functioning contributors, each team member talented and passionate in their respective fields. Our individual and collective drive to contribute maximally to the success of our partners has resulted in uniquely close and integrated relationships with our partners' projects.

About the role

MAKE is looking for a full-time Golang contractor, working remotely. We are looking for a mid-level or senior Golang engineer who is comfortable with building scalable services on top of the AWS infrastructure.

Required Skills

• At least five years of back-end experience
• At least one year of experience with Golang
• Understanding software design principles and knowing how to apply those principles
• Understanding of the back-end infrastructure and its most common components (databases, caches, message brokers)
• Understanding of the Golang concurrency model
• Experience with Linux-based OS
• Understanding of scrum-like iterative development processes
• Comfortable with version control, build and test automation, continuous integration
• English proficiency sufficient to communicate with American co-workers
• Self-organization and proactiveness

Bonus Skills

• Experience with data-intensive applications
• Experience with ETL processes
• Experience with Python
• Experience with AWS (especially EC2, RDS, EKS, Cognito)

Compensation

Compensation dependent on experience and skill level.

Location

The position is remote. We have team members in Ukraine, Poland, Spain, Portugal, Turkey, the United Kingdom, Lithuania, Sweden, and the USA.