Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang)

Workato; Madrid; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working arrangements

Professional development opportunities

Wellness & recreation time

Job summary

Workato is seeking a Staff Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join our Engine team, focusing on the Recipe runtime and distributed architecture. You will contribute to performance, scalability, storage, durability, and concurrency guarantees across complex services.

We welcome Ruby and Go experts who can lead architecture, review code, and drive improvements across microservices. Remote-friendly with global teams, and opportunities for professional growth and cutting-edge tech.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of common data structures and algorithms and how they are used is essential.
• Experience building scalable distributed backend applications.
• Strong debugging, analytical, problem solving and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Golang/Ruby applications.
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and Go.
• Integrate data storage solutions (Postgres/S3/Redis/Kafka/ClickHouse).
• Provide code reviews and technical leadership across teams.
• Identify bottlenecks and propose improvements to systems.

Skills

Ruby

Go

Distributed systems

Algorithms

Data structures

Networking

Cloud (AWS/Azure/Google)

Docker

Kubernetes

Rust

WASM

Kotlin-multiplatform

Education

BS/MS in Computer Science/Engineering

Tools

PostgreSQL

Redis

Kafka

ClickHouse

S3

Docker

Terraform

ArgoCD

Job description

• We are looking for an exceptional Staff 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
• We also consider strong Ruby-only candidates, as well as Golang-only candidates who are open to learning new languages
• Be a key contributor to the architecture and design of distributed applications with strict requirements for performance and resilience
• Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Golang/Ruby applications, as well as small self-contained Golang microservices
• Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and Golang
• Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/S3/Redis/Kafka/ClickHouse etc
• Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle
• Provide code reviews to your teammates
• Provide technical leadership. Work with other teams on shared projects
• Evaluate and propose improvements to existing systems
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization

Benefits

• Flexible Working Arrangements: We want to empower our employees to give us their 110%, and still be able to fully live their personal lives beyond what they do at Workato.
• Great Employee Benefits: Our employee benefits are designed not just to help everyone at Workato fulfill their basic and tangible needs, but also feel appreciated for their contributions to the company.
• Professional Development Opportunities: We are invested in the long-term professional development of our people, beyond what they bring to the table on their first day at work.

We support individual career ambitions, and set aside training programs and budgets they can tap on to upgrade both soft and hard skills.

• Dedicated Wellness & Recreation Time: We make it a point to dedicate time to pause, recharge and get to know each other better.

From virtual game nights to fitness sessions, there’s always time for a little fun on the calendars.

Knowledge of all common basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a mustExcellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithmsStrong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years)Excellent understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQLExcellent understanding of network protocols and stacksAt least basic understanding of cloud deployments (k8s, Terraform, ArgoCD)Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with a trend to migrate to GOlang and Rust. At least two languages are requiredGreat understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etcExcellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skillsBS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experienceExperience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud)Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologiesBackground in network programmingDeep knowledge of physical DB designBackground in application, data securityExperience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc)Background in GOlang, Rust, WASM, Kotlin-multiplatformExperience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc)Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plusReadiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezonesAbility to technically lead projects. Work with requirements, cost analysis