Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang)

Workato•Yerevan, GA

1d•Remote

About The Position

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. 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. 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.

Requirements

Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years).
Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms.
Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks.
Excellent understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.
Knowledge of all common basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.
Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with a trend to migrate to GOlang and Rust. At least two languages are required.
At least basic understanding of cloud deployments (k8s, Terraform, ArgoCD)
Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills.
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience.

Nice To Haves

Background in GOlang, Rust, WASM, Kotlin-multiplatform.
Background in network programming.
Background in application, data security.
Deep knowledge of physical DB design.
Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies.
Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc).
Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus.
Experience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc).
Ability to technically lead projects.
Work with requirements, cost analysis.
Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.

Responsibilities

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.