Senior Go Developer

Policy Reporter by Valeris

Vancouver

On-site

CAD 90,000 - 130,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation package

Extended health benefits

Company paid Employee Assistance Program

Career development opportunities

Job summary

A consulting service provider in Metro Vancouver is looking for a Senior Go Developer to provide technical leadership and build scalable applications. The role requires over 5 years of experience in Go and management of technical tasks. An excellent benefits package, including health benefits and personal development opportunities, is offered.

Qualifications

5+ years building performant and scalable applications in Go/Golang.
Experience as a technical lead for a team.
Excellent debugging and problem solving skills.

Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership and mentorship.
Proactively identify and resolve roadblocks.
Collaborate with teams to ensure project goals are met.

Skills

Go/Golang

AWS services

PostgreSQL

Docker

RabbitMQ

Code review

Problem solving

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering or equivalent experience

Tools

Gin

Echo

GORM

Viper

Job description

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Policy Reporter offers a suite of insights products and consulting services to enhance market access strategies and patient support initiatives. By tracking payer policies in near real time, we ensure that the largest pharmaceutical, medical device and diagnostics manufacturers, leading academic institutions and organized provider groups have the most up-to-date data and evidence-based guidance to help patients access the therapies they need. For more information, please visit https://www.policyreporter.com.

Role & Responsibilities

Provide technical leadership to the team. Including, but not limited to:
Code reviews
Code guidance, mentorship on software development best practices as needed
Proactively identify roadblocks -- analyze situations, coordinate troubleshooting and problem solving activities, ensure proper follow up for post-incident analysis are completed and implement necessary process improvements
Contribute to projects to achieve project goals with a mix of front-end and back-end code dependent on the specific project
Assist as needed with technical reviews of code samples and in technical interviews
Work towards departmental goals and objectives like improving accuracy of technical project estimates, improving critical test coverage, and overall code quality
As a project's technical lead, collaborate with teams outside of Engineering to ensure that all stakeholders understand project goals, requirements and realistic timelines

Skills & Qualifications

5+ years building a variety of performant, extensible and scalable applications in Go/Golang.
Experience working with Go frameworks and libraries such as Gin, Echo, Go kit, Viper, Cobra, Logrus, Testify, GORM, etc.
Strong understanding of Go, its benefits and pitfalls, especially around concurrency and performance.
Experience serving as a technical lead for a team, scoping and prioritizing technical tasks and providing technical direction.
Excellent debugging, troubleshooting, and problem solving skills.
Knows how to structure applications for long term maintenance and ongoing flexibility.
Experience working with AWS services, RabbitMQ, Docker or similar.
Writes tests early on and values decoupled easily testable code.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering discipline or equivalent experience.
Great communication skills (written and verbal), and be a fast learner.
Strong understanding of common web exploits with knowledge on how to prevent them.
Very comfortable with PostgreSQL.
Experience communicating directly with customers to synthesize their requirements and align it with business goals.

What We Offer

Competitive compensation package including extended health benefits, paid-time off, volunteer leave, employer-matching retirement savings, etc. and company paid Employee Assistance Program
Excellent opportunities for personal and career development
Collaborative and supportive company culture

Policy Reporter’s Core Values

Value & Respect
Ownership & Accountability
Teamwork

Policy Reporter is committed to Employment Equity. Accommodations during the recruitment process are available upon request for candidates with disabilities.

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