Backend Engineer - Golang Porto

Backend Engineer - Golang
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

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Planet is a leading technology company transforming payments by putting customer experience first. We offer integrated solutions that include payment processing, VAT refunds, dynamic currency conversion, and management services for merchants in the Retail and Hospitality sectors worldwide.

In recent years, we have experienced significant growth, expanding our services and global presence.

With strong private equity investors, Advent International and Eurazeo, we have the financial capital and expertise to grow our capabilities and reach through acquisitions.

Our mission is to create a world of connected commerce where payments are simple, secure, and seamless, enabling our partners to deliver exceptional experiences to their customers.

Role Overview:
We are looking for a backend developer responsible for building microservices in golang. This includes anything between complex groups of
- end
services and API’s. Your primary responsibility will be to design and develop these services, and to coordinate with the rest of the team
working on different layers of the infrastructure. Thus, a commitment to collaborative problem solving, sophisticated design, and product
quality is essential.

What you will do:

• Translate application storyboards and use cases into functional applications
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, reusable, and reliable go code
• Ensure the best possible performance, quality, and responsiveness of the services
• Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems
• Help maintain code quality, organization, and automation.

Who you are:

• Proficient in Go
• Solid understanding of
  - oriented programming
• Familiar with various design and architectural patterns
• Skill for writing reusable go modules
• Knowledge of concurrency patterns in go
• Experience with AWS, Redis, SQL and Elastic
  Search is a plus
• Knack for writing clean, readable go code
• Experience with both external and embedded databases
• Understanding fundamental design principles behind a scalable application
• Creating database schemas that represent and support business processes
• Implementing automated testing platforms and unit tests
• Proficient understanding of code versioning tools, such as Git
• Familiarity with continuous integration
• While this is primarily a backend role, experience with Angular (or similar frontend technologies) is considered a strong plus.

Why Planet :

Planet is an equal opportunity employer where diversity is valued, and all employment is decided based on qualifications, merit, and business need.

Come and grow your career in the most exciting, fast paced technology market, with a business that delivers
- good connected commerce. We would love to hear from you – Apply now.

At Planet, we embrace a hybrid work model, with three days a week in the office.

Reasonable accommodations may be made in order to allow for an individual to perform the essential functions of this role successfully.