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About the Role

Workato is seeking an exceptional Staff Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join our Engine team. This role involves developing and maintaining Workato Recipe runtime, focusing on aspects like performance, scaling, storage, durability, and data protection. You will be a key contributor to the architecture and design of distributed applications with strict performance and resilience requirements.

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.

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.
• Ability to technically lead projects.
• Work with requirements, cost analysis.
• Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.

Skills

• Ruby
• Go
• Golang
• Rust
• WASM
• Kotlin-multiplatform
• Network programming
• Application security
• Data security
• Physical DB design
• Docker
• DevOps
• ML
• DBA
• Enterprise applications
• Data processing pipelines
• Third-party REST APIs at scale
• Postgres
• S3
• Redis
• Kafka
• ClickHouse
• k8s
• Terraform
• ArgoCD
• AWS
• Azure
• Google Cloud

Location

• Remote

Work Type

• Remote

Experience Level

• Staff
• 7+ years

Education Level

• BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject

Benefits

• Flexible, trust-oriented culture
• Vibrant and dynamic work environment
• Multitude of benefits they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives

About the Company

• 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.
• 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.