Senior Golang Engineer

Starboard Recruitment; Toronto; On-site; CAD 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Starboard Recruitment seeks a Senior Software Engineer (Golang) to join a fast-paced, innovative engineering team in Toronto. This role focuses on building a cutting-edge identity orchestration platform and offers a hybrid work environment with ample opportunities for professional growth and collaboration on exciting projects. Candidates should have extensive experience in software development, a strong understanding of Golang, and a passion for developing secure and scalable applications.

Benefits

Monthly wellness budget

Option to contribute to 401(k)

Equity Incentive Plan

Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans

Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy

Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in software development.
• Strong grounding in modern software engineering practices.
• Experience designing and developing large-scale applications.

Responsibilities

• Build the company's identity orchestration platform using Golang.
• Participate in all stages of the SDLC using agile methods.
• Contribute to technical design and perform code reviews.

Skills

Golang

Linux

Networking

Test Driven Development

Collaboration

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Job description

On behalf of our client, Starboard Recruitment is searching for multiple Senior Software Engineers (Golang) in Toronto, Ontario who are experienced with Golang.

Our client is a US-based, Series-B with over $35M USD in funding. They currently have team in Vancouver, Toronto, Boulder and San Francisco. Apply today and our team will reach out to qualified candidates.

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The Role

We are looking for an experienced software engineer to work on our distributed-identity orchestration platform. You will join an engineering team that strongly believes in designing for security, reliability, and scale with diligent code reviews and the world’s first distributed identity orchestration platform.

Our elite engineering team is fast, creative, and agile; with a rapid, agile release cycle and values autonomy and accountability. We expect great things from our engineers and reward you with stimulating new projects, emerging technologies, and the chance to significantly impact a company that is changing the identity management landscape forever.

Responsibilities

• Use your deep understanding of Golang to build the company's identity orchestration platform.
• Participate and drive all stages of the SDLC using agile methods, pair programming, and test-driven development
• Work closely with Product and Design
• Collaborate with other engineers and teams to implement new features, improvements, and fixes to handle our current and future scale.
• Build and Run software following a DevSecOps model
• Evaluate new technologies and techniques to improve general practices.
• Debug and resolve production issues and implement fixes.
• Instrument, monitor, and operate the code you write and services you build. This includes on-call rotations.
• Contribute to technical design and perform code reviews to ensure good engineering practices are being applied.
• Evaluate new technologies and techniques to improve overall practices.
• Contribute to key areas of large-scale Go-based Identity.
• Management product development, being ready to lead where your expertise shines.
• Work with professional services for successful deployments in customer environments.
• Mentor and be mentored, coach and be coached, as part of a growing engineering team.
• Work in hybrid environment, with at least 3 days per week in our downtown Vancouver office.

If you find yourself checking off most of the below, this could be the position for you!

• Take an agile, iterative approach to development, dividing long-term goals into incremental milestones.
• Enjoy being part of a highly collaborative, hybrid-friendly environment.
• Are self-directed, yet feel equally comfortable contributing in a team environment.
• Enjoy pair programming or are excited about the opportunity to practice it.
• Understand the value of test driven development and enjoy working in that style.
• Work well with technical and non-technical people to deliver high-value results.
• Adaptable and willing to apply your skills to help the team achieve its goals.
• Place a high value on security and reliability.
• Are a good communicator and enjoy interacting with people.
• Possess the desire to learn and curiosity to understand how and why things work.
• Share our company values : openness, honesty, transparency, accountability, integrity, empowerment

Experience - What You Bring

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent work experience
• Experience with GoLang, Linux, networking, web, and app servers.
• 7+ years experience in software development and engineering for cloud-native or enterprise software company
• Solid experience with HTTP, Web application architectures, and cloud platforms.
• Experience designing and developing large-scale applications, including the design and implementation of modern web applications
• Grounding in modern software engineering practices and design patterns
• Solid understanding of the technical fundamentals of networking and cloud-based applications
• Understanding of enterprise identity infrastructure and core security concerns of cloud and on-premises environments

Experience - Nice to Have, but not Required

• Experience with at least one identity standard like OAuth, SAML, OIDC, or LDAP
• Knowledge of cloud identity (AzureAD, Okta, Google, and AWS) and / or on-premises identity (SiteMinder, OAM, ClearTrust, Ping, ForgeRock)
• Experience with Test Driven Development and Pair Programming

It’s not expected that a single candidate has expertise in all these areas. We’re looking for professional engineers who can quickly learn and adapt as our systems and situation change rather than candidates with a rigid skill set.

What You Get

• Be part of a growing team building the future of identity orchestration
• Hybrid work environment with 3 days in the office.
• Monthly wellness budget
• Option to contribute to 401(k)
• Equity Incentive Plan
• Employer paid Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Plans, including FSA and HSA options
• Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) Policy

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