Senior Software Engineer (Ruby / GOlang)

Workato; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 110.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Health Insurance

Stock Options

Professional Development Budget

Hybrid remote model

Descripción de la vacante

Workato is seeking a Senior Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join the Engine team in Madrid. You will work on the Recipe runtime, including DSL, events, webhooks and job execution, with a focus on performance, scalability and data protection.

You'll build and optimize Ruby and Go services, evaluate new technologies, and collaborate across teams to deliver robust data pipelines using Postgres, S3, DynamoDB, Kafka and more. Remote-friendly with hybrid setups and global teams.

Formación

• 5+ years in building scalable distributed backend systems.
• Strong debugging, analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with Ruby and Go in production environments.
• Understanding of databases, queues, caches and APIs.
• Multilingual coding environment with Ruby core and Go/Rust trends.
• Experience with public cloud providers (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).

Responsabilidades

• Develop, extend and troubleshoot complex Ruby/Go applications and microservices.
• Improve execution engine for Ruby DSL, isolation and performance.
• Review code and contribute to system design and improvements.
• Identify bottlenecks, fix bugs and ensure code quality and automation.

Conocimientos

Ruby

Go

Rust

Distributed backend

Networking

Docker

Kotlin

Public cloud

Educación

BS/MS degree in Computer Science or related field

Herramientas

Docker

Descripción del empleo

• We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join our growing Engine team. The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to Workato Recipe runtime
• Everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, executing jobs. There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption
• Build/extend/troubleshot/fix complex heterogeneous Go and Ruby applications, Ruby monolith application, as well as small self-contained Go microservices
• We also consider strong Ruby only candidates, as well as Golang-only candidates who are open to learn some ruby
• Improve execution engine of custom third‑party code (Ruby DSL, isolation, performance, new features)
• Write well designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and Go
• Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/S3/DynamoDB/Kafka/ClickHouse etc
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Provide code reviews to your teammates
• Evaluate and propose improvements to existing system
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization
• We always explore new technologies and work with Rust and Wasm can be foreseen

Benefits

• Flexible Working Arrangements: We maintain a hybrid remote work model and provide everyone with best of breed technology tools that enable them to work anywhere, anytime.
• Great Employee Benefits: Such as an Employee Assistance Programme (EAP), Health Insurance, Referral Bonuses, and Workato Stock Options, tailored to the countries that our employees are based in.
• Professional Development Opportunities: We support individual career ambitions, and set aside training programs and budgets they can tap on to upgrade both soft and hard skills.
• Recreation Time: From virtual game nights to fitness sessions, there’s always time for a little fun on the calendars.
• Dedicated Wellness: We make it a point to dedicate time to pause, recharge and get to know each other better.

Qualifications

Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills
Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (5+ years)
Good understanding of network protocols and stacks
Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
Good understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no‑SQL
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience
Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must
Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with trend to migrate to Go and Rust
Background in network programming
Background in Go and/or Rust
Multiplatform Kotlin experience
Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers (AWS/Azure/Google Cloud)
Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus
Familiarity with WASM platform and toolchain
Background in application, data security
Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc.)
Experience of working with third‑party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc.)
Deep knowledge of physical DB design
Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies
Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones