Golang Job: Senior Golang Developer

• JOB TYPE: Freelance, Contract Position (no agencies/C2C - see notes below)
• LOCATION: Remote Work from anywhere
• RANGE: Our client is looking to pay $100,000 – $120,000/yr
• ESTIMATED DURATION: 40h/week - Long-term

ABOUT US:

Braintrust is the only network that gives in-demand talent all the freedom of freelance with all the benefits, community, and stability of a full-time role. As the first decentralized talent network, our revolutionary Web3 model ensures the community that relies on Braintrust to find work are the same people who own and build it through the blockchain token, BTRST. So unlike other marketplaces that take 20% to 50% of talent earnings, Braintrust allows talent to keep 100% of earnings and to vote on key changes to improve the network. Braintrust is working to change the way freelance works – for good.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Requirements

This is a full time, in-house contractor job. They need a fully dedicated resource, you may not have side jobs.

Job Qualifications and Experience

• 5-10 years of experience in backend software development (C/C++, Rust, Golang, NodeJS, Python)

• At least 1 year of experience working with Golang

• Fluency with git and open source tools

Functional Skills

• Excellent English written and verbal communication skills

• Attention to detail

• Portfolio of work with examples that showcase technical skill

• Strong analytical skills

• Time management and organizational skills

• Experience working with a remote team

Preferred

• Start-up company experience

• Experience with NodeJS and/or C event based programming is a plus

• Fluency in multiple programming languages

• No code is better than no code

Job Overview

Our client is a growing company seeking to hire a highly experienced Golang Developer. The role will do significant development on a large (628k LoC) open source codebase. The mission will be adding features, robustness, and performance while deleting boilerplate, overengineered, and duplicated code. If you love the feeling of deleting 20,000 lines of code without any important features lost, you’ll be in good company!

Main Responsibilities

• Investigating transient bugs and performance issues on software running in the field by finding strategies to instrument the code

• Adding new features and integrating code from other forks of the project

• Isolating and replacing overengineered and unreliable modules

• Developing new design patterns and meta-programming techniques to do more with less code

• Management of the test harnesses and continuous integration strategy

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ABOUT THE HIRING PROCESS:

Qualified candidates will be invited to do a screening interview with the Braintrust staff. We will answer your questions about the project, and our platform. If we determine it is the right fit for both parties, we'll invite you to join the platform and create a profile to apply directly for this project.

C2C Candidates: This role is not available to C2C candidates working with an agency. But if you are a professional contractor who has created an LLC/corp around your consulting practice, this is well aligned with Braintrust and we’d welcome your application.

Braintrust values the multitude of talents and perspectives that a diverse workforce brings. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, religion, age, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.