Go Developer
Vonage Engineering Mission: Vonage is the emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world.
As businesses continue to shift to a real-time, customer-centric communications model, we are experiencing a time of impressive growth.
Why this role matters
The Engineering team at Vonage is a fast growing group of talented engineers. They face multiple challenges associated with high performance, distributed systems, and processing large volumes of data in real time.
We are looking for a Golang developer who will join our new team to help us develop and maintain a best in class fraud prevention platform.
What you will do
- Maintaining and creating microservices written in Golang;
- Designing/Developing and testing new features;
- Developing a highly-concurrent and distributed system;
- Performance optimisation and problem diagnosis;
- Designing/Developing for high-availability;
- Supporting release and documentation of developed features;
- Help defining coding standards and development processes;
- Participating / Contributing in upstream open-source projects.
What we value
- Being disruptive. Getting things done. With smart people. Enjoying knowing that the work we do is having a global impact by enabling never before imagined communications
- We have big goals, and we want the people who join us to be self-confident, focused on customers and delivery, and who are structured and committed in their approach. We iterate quickly, we fail fast, we take smart chances. We value those who will help us continue this spirit
- Values matter at Vonage. We are on a mission to bring value for consumers and enterprises through global cloud based communications
- But just as important as delivering value is how we deliver that value
- We believe in integrity. Both personally and professionally. We believe in empowering our employees and are actively seeking entrepreneurs in training who want to help build something larger
- We have gotten to this point by being committed, passionate, and focused on getting things done. We need more people like us. If this appeals to you then we encourage you to apply
What you will bring:
- A solid team spirit, being open to share knowledge and experience with others
- A good energy, a good dose of curiosity, and a desire to learn and improve yourself
- A keen sense of seeing things from our customers’ point of view
- A drive to always leave things better than how you found them. That applies to code, processes, interactions with people and every other aspect of your work life
Our expectations
- 4+ years of Software Development experience
- 2+ years of GoLang programming; Experience with Java or Python is a plus
- Familiarity with DDD (Domain Driven Design)
- Knowledgeable in writing REST APIs
- Comfortable programming in production grade systems
- Experience with building HTTP based services
- Strong background of optimizing performance
- Familiarity with event-driven systems
- Experience dealing with highly concurrent, distributed architectures/systems
- Familiarity with Kafka
- Prior experience with Kubernetes, AWS is a plus
What is in it for you
- Private Medical Insurance with the option to add dependents at your own cost
- Multisport Gym Membership
- Educational Assistance Reimbursement Program
- Polish Language Classes for non-native speakers
- Lunch and Learn Sessions held biweekly
- Opportunity to be reimbursed for conferences, trainings, and other events consistent with the area of work aimed at personal development
- Three Paid Volunteer Days a Year
- Unlimited Discretionary Time Off
- Monthly Massage Sessions
- Reimbursement for the costs of prescription glasses
- Maternity and Paternity Leave