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# Software Engineer (GOlang)

- **Company:** Workato
- **Location:** Madrid, Spain (Remote available)
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Clean Code Principles, Amazon S3, Server Applications, Software Quality, Code Review, Databases, Data Integration, Software Debugging, DevOps, Amazon DynamoDB, PostgreSQL, Message Broker, SQL Databases, Web Applications, Enterprise Software Applications, Load Balancing, Caching, Backend, Information Technology, Apache Kafka, Vertica, Webhooks, Data Pipelines, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** July 20, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.adzuna.es/contact-us.html

## About the Role

+ Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years).
 + Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
 + Good understanding of network protocols and stacks.
 + Good understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.
 + Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.
 + Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills.
 + BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience.
Can be a plus

 + Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc).
 + Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines.
Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

 + Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.

## Description

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (GOlang) 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 GOlang applications, as well as small self-contained GOlang microservices.
 + Improve execution engine of custom third-party code (isolation, performance, new features).
 + Write well designed, testable, efficient code in GOlang.
 + 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.


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