Lead Golang Backend Engineer Full Time

About the job
CAFU has a vision to create a better world through connected mobility, serving both consumers and businesses. We started as an on-demand fuel delivery app and have now extended our services to car wash, tyre change, battery change and insurance…but this is only the beginning.

If you want to make a real impact to our communities and you are forever curious about how things work and why and want to join a company that moves with purpose and collaborates, then we want to hear from you!

Job Requirements

Play an active role in designing, improving, and securing the overall backend architecture to support massive growth in users and products
Develop backend services, APIs, and integrations in a secure, well-tested, and performant way
Write code that meets our standards for style, maintainability, and best practices.
Maintain and advocate for these standards through code review
Collaborate with Product Management and other stakeholders within Engineering to maintain a high bar for quality in a fast-paced, iterative environment

Skills Required

Minimum of 8 years of experience building complex, distributed backend systems, including concepts such as microservices, event-driven architectures, cloud computing, RESTful APIs etc.
Experience with Golang (5 years minimum) and any combination of the following: NodeJs Python, Java, C++ or PHP (3+ years)
Experience with using and modeling SQL and NoSQL Databases
Experience working in a highly agile, iterative software development process
Have a track record of writing tests and working with CI/CD
Knowledge of different software design patterns
Experience with application performance monitoring and profiling
Strong business acumen and passion for business building enabled by technology deployment

Benefits

A collaborative environment where diversity is celebrated
A flexible workforce
A competitive market salary with housing and transport allowances
A fast-moving supportive company where everybody takes ownership over their work
The opportunity to share in the success of the business with stock options for qualifying employees
The opportunity to work on a product with growing global appeal
The opportunity to work with some of the most talented people in the industry from well-known digital brands