Senior Software Engineer (Golang) (Seattle)

$156,000 - $214,500/Yr

Geocomply - Seattle, WA

Full-time - Mid Level

Remote - Seattle, WA

About the position

The Senior Software Engineer (Golang) at GeoComply will play a pivotal role in migrating the company's legacy geolocation services to a modern, cutting-edge technology stack. This position involves architecting and building high-availability distributed services, enhancing performance, and ensuring compliance for geolocation transactions in real-time, particularly for gaming customers in North America. The engineer will be integral to the transition to microservices architecture and the migration of databases to AWS, contributing to the overall efficiency and effectiveness of the project.

Responsibilities

• Architect and build multiple high-availability distributed services using Golang, aligning with modern best practices.
• Develop clean, reusable, and well-tested geolocation web services and APIs.
• Facilitate the migration of self-hosted databases to Amazon Web Service (AWS) for enhanced scalability and reliability.
• Drive the shift from a monolithic architecture to microservices, enabling greater flexibility and scalability.
• Establish team processes and tools to streamline the migration process.
• Actively contribute ideas and suggestions to improve the migration project's efficiency and effectiveness.

Requirements

• Computer Science background with 5+ years experience in programming languages.
• Strong experience with microservices architecture (Golang implementation).
• Experience with large migration projects.
• Understanding of data structures & algorithms.
• Knowledge of cloud technologies, in particular Amazon Web Service (AWS).

Nice-to-haves

• Experience with large migration projects.

Benefits

• Performance-based bonus
• Equity plans
• Paid vacation and sick days
• Extended health benefits
• Sports and Physical Wellness budget (30% of L&D Allowance)
• Charitable and DEI initiatives
• Team-building events