Senior GO Software Engineer, Tucows
$157.1-174.6k
$136,000 - $151,100 CAD
Keeping the internet open and connected
Job no longer available
Keeping the internet open and connected
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$157.1-174.6k
$136,000 - $151,100 CAD
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make the Internet better by helping people access the open Internet, narrowing the digital divide, and supporting fairness and equality.
Role
Who you are
- Expertise in driving GoLang applications, with a preference for event-driven architecture, Kafka, or Temporal
- Experience with API application development; experience with gRPC services is also a plus
- Professional experience with production databases, professional experience withPostgres or CockroachDB is a plus
- Ability to work with observability tools, professional experience with Grafana is a plus
- Strong software development practices, including robust design, reliable applications, and maintainable code
- Ability to adapt coding style to match the organization’s standards, providing well-designed and maintainable codebases
- Strong opinions and negotiation skills when building applications, often requiring persuasion skills to ensure best practices
- Passion for writing clean code and solving problems at scale
- Understanding of Agile practices and a passion for observability
- Demonstrated performance tuning skills
- Familiarity with version control systems
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Complete knowledge of designing, developing, and maintaining complex software systems
- Ability to network with senior peers and advise junior peers
- Ability to work independently with minimal supervision, while also capable of leading projects to completion with loose scope
- Bachelor's/Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering or a related field
- 6-8 years of experience in software engineering
What the job involves
- As a Senior Development Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining the design, development, and maintenance of our software products. You will work closely with your peers to understand customer requirements and translate them into functional software solutions
- In this role, you will be expected to advise junior software engineers and collaborate with cross-functional teams. This is a remote role open to applicants in US and Canada. Core business hours are in EST for this role
- Lead and implement solutions to address moderately scoped issues
- Design and develop services and features using modern technologies to deliver reliable, scalable, testable, and secure software solutions
- Contribute to technical architectural design and planning sessions
- Participate in code reviews and ensure adherence to development standards
- Balance the need for quick code shipping with robust technical decision-making
- Maintain the design, development, and maintenance of software applications and systems
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to gather and analyze requirements
- Write clean, maintainable, and efficient code
- Troubleshoot and debug software issues
- Guide code reviews to ensure code quality
- Review and maintain technical documentation
- Stay up-to-date with emerging trends and technologies in software development
- Advise intermediate software engineers
- Influence many parts of a product or system
- Have a go-getter attitude and be adaptable to shifting priorities while ensuring performance and stability
- Take the lead on directing and implementing solutions to address issues of a moderate, loose scope
- Design and develop services and features using modern technologies to deliver reliable scalable, testable, and secure software solutions
- Have a sphere of influence on many parts of a product or system
Our take
Tucows is dedicated to keeping the internet open, accessible, and connected. The company operates through three subsidiaries; Tucows Domains, the world's second-largest domain registrar and reseller; Ting Internet, a high-speed fiber internet provider; and Wavelo, a telecome SaaS platform for communication service providers. Together, these businesses for a robust ecosystem supporting internet infrastructure worldwide.
The company's technology helps hundreds of thousands of companies around the globe, and its services have earned multiple awards for innovation and reliability. And in recent years, Tucows has experienced substantial growth, expanding operations into new markets while optimizing and developing its offerings to meet evolving customer needs.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Company benefits
- Become your best self: Growth is the constant at Tucows. We offer a robust learning and development program that gives access to fantastic peer lead technical training, opportunities to work on cross-functional projects, and a flexible, annual learning reimbursement fund.
- Mental health benefits: We partner with awesome people and companies (both internally and externally) to provide herd members with accessible and timely mental health services and preventative care.
- A supportive environment: From employee resource groups (ERGs), access to training sessions, workshops, and online resources, we aim to foster an environment that ensures you get the support you need when you need it.
- Take care of your Herd: Whether you’re planning on starting or growing your own herd, we offer family/fertility planning support, parental and adoptive leave, and top-up dollars.
- More time for me time: Plan for your vacation early! All employees start with three weeks of leave, plenty of personal days, and annual paid gratitude days over the holiday season to ensure that you have time for what matters most.
- Your future starts here: From stock options to retirement savings plan contributions, we’ve built programs that support your financial future. Are you looking to kickstart a new career? At Tucows, we pride ourselves on plenty of internal opportunities that can help you grow in your career or kickstart a new one!
Company HQ
Liberty Village, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Elliot Noss
(CEO)Current CEO of Ting, Tucows' high-speed fiber internet service subsidiary. They are also involved in ICANN, to promote and protect an Open Internet around the world.
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