Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer
At a glance
Senior Backend Engineering role at Specialized. United States, CA, Morgan Hill (Office) · full-time · $137,000–$198,000 base.
techroles summary, based on the employer's posting.
What you'll do
- Design distributed services in components that can be released iteratively, and help keep data moving reliably between systems
- Build event-driven capabilities that let services operate with less dependency on one another
- Create practical tools for frontline support and maintain the product registration system
- Improve connections to point-of-sale systems and keep the CI/CD pipeline ready for frequent, dependable releases
- Work with engineering and business peers to choose technical approaches and trace problems to their root causes
What you bring
- You have experience with Go, Java or C++, plus familiarity with event-based systems and REST API design
- You understand AWS services, Docker containers, data modeling and relational databases
- You can turn business needs into technical designs and explain those choices to technical and business audiences
- You are comfortable writing, testing and shipping your own production code, then monitoring it through observability practices
- Preferred: at least eight years of relevant experience or a relevant bachelor's degree, and two or more years using Go, Java or C++
Who this fits
This senior individual-contributor role suits someone who can collaborate across teams while making and explaining technical decisions. Preferred experience includes building technical specifications from business requirements and working on distributed systems at scale. The stated base pay range applies to California.
From the employer
Summary
This role is part of the Global Tech team, responsible for building and maintaining scalable backend services, event-driven systems, and shared platform capabilities that support a wide range of digital products and internal business functions. As part of the Integration Platform team, this role will frequently interface with multiple engineering and business teams to enable reliable data exchange and system interoperability across the organization. The role requires experience with distributed system design and implementation, the Go programming language, and AWS infrastructure.
The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills and thrives in collaborative, cross-functional environments. They are eager to grow, have experience with Go or another statically-typed language, experience deploying services to AWS, and demonstrate strong curiosity in finding simple, effective solutions to complex problems. The candidate must work closely with peer development teams to provide thoughtful technical recommendations and drive alignment across systems.
How you will make a difference
Provide clarity by designing distributed systems built from iteratively-shipped components
Contribute to an event system which enables loose coupling across services
Build simple tools to aid our frontline support staff
Maintain a product registration system
Continue to enhance and support our integrations with Point of Sale systems to serve our omni-channel strategy
Manage a clean CI/CD pipeline to deliver robust changes frequently
Design best-fit technical solutions in collaboration with teammates
Identify and understand root causes of existing problems and propose creative and innovative solutions
What you'll need to win
Experience with Golang, Java, or C++
Familiarity with evented systems
Strong fundamental knowledge of REST API design
Strong in web fundamentals
Familiar with AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda, EventBridge, SQS/SNS, ECS
Working knowledge of containers, specifically Docker
Strong data modeling and RDBMS experience
Excellence at describing technical designs appropriate to a technical or business audience
Self-motivated teammate who is communicative and collaborative
Comfortable writing and testing your own code that goes to production
Practiced at implementing and monitoring through the three pillars of observability
Preferred qualifications
8+ years of relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or comparable subject area)
4+ years of proven experience creating technical specifications / designs from business requirements
2+ years working with Golang or Java or C++
2+ years working with Postgres or MySQL (via SQL, not ORM)
Experience of working on at-scale distributed systems
Previous use of Github Actions and Terraform
Server side rendered HTML, plain CSS, and minimal JavaScript
Previous use of HTMX
Comfortable with source code control and versioning tools (Git preferred)
Experience with GitHub, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, Slack, Dropbox and other collaboration tools
PAY
Below is a summary of compensation elements for this role at the company if based in the following locations:
California Base Pay Range: ($137,000 - $198,000 )
BENEFITS
As a full-time, regular teammate, you are eligible for the following benefits, beginning the first of the month following your start date.
Benefits include:
Competitive pay with annual performance-based reviews for continued growth and recognition
Comprehensive healthcare plan options, including PPO, EPO, HDHP, and HMO (acupuncture and physical therapy included)
Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer HSA contributions when enrolled in the High-Deductible Healthcare Plan (HDHP)
Dental and Vision plans
401(k) Company Matching up to $5,000 annually with immediate 100% vesting and administrative fees paid for by the company
Company-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance
Employee Assistance Program that provides access to individualized mental well-being care
Generous Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off
14 weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for non-birthing parents, plus a Specialized bike for your new baby
Up to $9,000 annually in Career Development & Degree Assistance
Up to $250 annually in Fitness & Wellness Reimbursement
Industry Pro-Deal Discounts and Perks
For additional information on benefits and perks, please visit: https://benefits.specialized.com.
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