Senior Backend Developer (Engine team)

Workato is the only integration and automation platform that is as simple as it is powerful and because its built to power the largest enterprises, it is quite powerful. Simultaneously, its a low-code/no-code platform. This empowers any user (dev/non-dev) to painlessly automate workflows across any apps and databases. Were proud to be named a leader by both Forrester and Gartner and trusted by 7,000+ of the world's top brands such as Box, Grab, Slack, and more. But what is most exciting is that this is only the beginning. Why join us? Ultimately, 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. But, we also believe in balancing productivity with self-care. Thats 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. If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you! Also, feel free to check out why:

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

Ihre Aufgaben

We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer, Ruby to join our growing Engine team. The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to Workato Recipe runtime. Everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, executing jobs. There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption. In this role, you will be responsible to:

Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Ruby (Rails but not only) applications, as well as small self-contained microservices

Improve execution engine of custom third-party code (Ruby DSL, isolation, performance, new features)

Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby (and some GOlang)

Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/Redis/S3/DynamoDB/Kafka/ClickHouse etc.

Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle

Provide code reviews to your teammates

Evaluate and propose improvements to existing system

Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems

Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization

Ihr Profil

Strong experience developing, shipping and maintaining Ruby and Rails applications (7+ years)

Vast knowledge of Ruby, experience with intensive backend applications not only MVC

Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills

Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must

Good understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.

Good understanding of network protocols and stacks

Good understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL

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

Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics

Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones

Spoken English (at the level enough to pass technical interview and later work with colleagues)

Optional Requirements

Experience of developing DSLs in Ruby

Background in C/C++/Linux or other system programming

GOlang

Deep knowledge of physical DB design

Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies

Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud)

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)