Senior Software Engineer (GOlang)
About Workato Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more, visit www.workato.com Why join us? Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles. We are driven by innovation and looking for team players who want to actively build our company. But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment along with a multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you! Also, feel free to check out why: Business Insider named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on” Forbes’ Cloud 100 recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world Deloitte Tech Fast 500 ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers
Responsibilities
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.
Requirements
Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills 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. Job Req ID: 2314