Advanced Golang Software Engineer

WHAT WE DO

Founded in 2007, Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP) is a consulting and technology services company. We consult, design, build and modernize revenue-generating software and data engineering solutions for clients. With modernization services and AI tools, we help businesses achieve a competitive advantage through technology. GAP’s remote, integrated engineering teams use end-to-end solutions to innovate and align with your business goals. We have 600+ English-speaking engineers based in Latin America and approximately 20 U.S.-based engineers. With some of the highest customer satisfaction scores in the industry, GAP’s focus is customer and employee success.

GAP is a woman-owned company headquartered in Austin Texas. We are a values-based company focused on growing our people by investing in education, onsite English classes and training in the latest technologies, including AI, data analytics and machine learning. Our goal is to provide solutions for our customers that help them achieve critical business outcomes, while enabling our GAPSters and our communities to attain long-term success.

Summary

We are looking for a Golang Senior Engineer. As part of our team, you will be responsible for developing scalable, robust, and high-quality solutions. As an engineer you are a professional with several years of hands-on experience, possessing senior technical skills and in-depth knowledge. You excel in problem-solving, effective communication, guiding and mentoring other engineers, making critical technical decisions, and contributing to the strategic direction of projects.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or similar technical field of study.

Professional Experience

• 4+ years of experience in Golang/Java or similar language
• 2+ years of experience in Ruby/Python or similar interpreted language
• At least 2 years of demonstrable experience delivering code into production cloud applications in a team environment.

Required Skills

• Experience working with secured APIs (REST, GraphQL, etc).
• Cloud computing experience (AWS, GCP, Azure, or similar).
• Solid understanding of the architecture of database-backed web applications, including web process architectures, threading, ORMs.
• Basic understanding of system administration in a Linux, Apache, MySQL environment.
• Understanding of relational databases and knowledge of SQL.
• Exposure to the basics of Enterprise-class product development: comfort with process and tools including bug tracking, IDE’s, compilers, debuggers, profilers, version control systems, code coverage tools, automated testing tools, usability.
• Intrinsic motivation: you fix things because they are broken and need fixing.

Soft Skills

• Mid to Advanced English level.
• Open to learning new technologies.
• Great communication skills.
• Good time management skills.
• An innate desire to work on difficult problems and learn new systems.

At Growth Acceleration Partners, we're an equal opportunity employer committed to building a diverse and inclusive team. We value everyone's unique background, and we provide equal opportunities regardless of race, color, creed, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, veteran status or any other personal right protected by law. We foster a culture of belonging and strive to provide a welcoming environment where everyone feels safe to contribute and grow.