Lead Backend Developer (Go)

TL;DR

Lead Backend Developer (Go): Architecting and developing backend services for the JoomPro B2B marketplace with an accent on fault tolerance, scalability, and data processing. Focus on managing a team of backend developers, participating in product development discussions, and ensuring the reliability of services in an AWS environment.

Location: Lisbon, Portugal. Flexible hours with a possibility to work remotely 52 days per year. Full assistance for a smooth relocation for the employees and their family to Portugal.

Company

JoomPro is the first and only end-to-end cross-border B2B marketplace, serving small, medium, and large businesses and is one of the key businesses of Joom, an international tech-centric group of e-commerce companies founded in 2016 in Latvia.

What you will do

• Come up with architecture for backend services.
• Program in Go and provide fault tolerance for coded services in an AWS environment.
• Be prepared for a constant increase of processed and stored data loads and volumes.
• Participate in new feature and product development discussions.
• Manage and mentor a backend team of 3–6 developers.

Requirements

• Experience in leading and developing a backend team by recruiting, hiring, and training new team members.
• Confident knowledge of any of the programming languages: Go/Java/Kotlin/C++/Python/Scala.
• Complex project development experience.
• Excellent algorithmic training.
• Experience in development for Linux / Unix.

Nice to have

• Experience with highload.
• Experience with MongoDB.
• Experience with Kubernetes.

Culture & Benefits

• Compensation package: base salary and performance-based bonuses.
• Office-first: flexible hours with a possibility to work remotely 52 days per year.
• Care & Wellbeing: health insurance (including dental care) for employees and their children, daily meal allowance, and 100% paid sick leave.
• Relocation Support: full assistance for a smooth relocation for the employees and their family.
• Team & Growth: collaboration with colleagues across Portugal, Brazil, Latvia and China, with opportunities for promotions, professional trainings, and English & Portuguese courses.
• Community & Engagement: annual team building activities, knowledge-sharing workshops, and a strong sense of team work.