Senior Golang Engineer for Auvik (3-4 months contract)

Who we are

Blackbird Lab is a software development company. While we are practicing international working culture, we are proud representatives of Ukrainian values and traditions. We are a team of 80+ energetic, curious, smart, and open to new challenges tech pros who prefer efficient async communication, flexible working hours, a co-working office model, etc.

Being in this craft for about 5 years, we managed to accumulate expertise and bring value to a number of clients. We cooperate with US and Canadian product companies of different sizes, from small startups to established products, in close, trusted relationships.

All team members, including management, have an engineering background. The process, participants who speak the same language and have a similar approach based on technical principles, is always efficient. It is way easier to make decisions and introduce new features in a team with engineering at heart. It is the technical DNA that lets us build high-quality products that facilitate the lives of our customers’ users.

Position & client

We’re looking for 2 developers to join a venture-backed company. It’s a SaaS product for IT professionals that allows real-time network monitoring, alerting, anomaly detection and prevention. Learn more about it: https://www.auvik.com/. We’ve been a part of the engineering team since the beginning of 2022.

The Auvik system consists of multiple microservices and event processors - to process millions of events that are gathered from thousands of network devices, stored, aggregated and visualized on customer’s dashboards.

Integration team. It’s a part of the Auvik network management product. It will grow a network feature set to make it more expander to larger clients. Integrations refer to 3rd party products that are integrated within Auvik (e.g. Connectwise, Autotask, Slack, etc.). Traffic Insights is a key feature of the product that shows you all the traffic on your network - whos using which application and how much bandwidth they are using.

It’s a short-term contract for 3-4 months. We have a Scala-based monolith that needs to be migrated to a Golang-based microcervice.

Stack of the project

• Go
• Kafka
• Kubernetes
• Docker
• AWS
• Scala

Responsibilities

• Participate in tech meetings and contribute to the project’s technical roadmap
• Work closely with support teams, troubleshoot issues, debug code
• Refactor existing code, fix bugs
• Tests developments (automation, regression, unit)

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience with backend development
• 2+ years of experience developing with Golang
• Some experience with JVM language to be able to read Scala code
• Background in designing and developing microservices
• Experience with Docker and AWS
• Upper-Intermediate English speaking level

Will be a plus

• Experience building reliable, highly available, and scalable software on top of the Kafka streaming platform

Team setup & processes

• Engineering Manager
• Tech Lead
• Technical Project Manager
• Senior Backend Engineer x2

The delivery process is organized by the principal of Agile Squads, where each Squad follows 2-week sprints, with Refinement, Planning, Demo, and Retrospective sessions.

Interview process

• HR interview (30 mins)
• Technical interview with a Senior Engineer (90 mins)
• Interview with Canadian Engineering Manager (30 mins) and Senior Engineer (45 mins)

Benefits of a short-term contract

• Сompetitive monthly compensation
• Flexible working schedule
• Working remotely