Senior Golang Engineer

Who We Are

GPS Insight offers leading technology for organizations that have drivers and technicians in the field, fleets of vehicles, trailers, and other mobile assets. We provide innovative fleet solutions that include vehicle and asset tracking, in-cab smart cameras, field service software, and compliance management.

We know that when you invest in high-performance technology, you achieve results and maximize your return. We feel the same way about our people at GPS Insight. They are what allow us to build world-class solutions that make us leaders in the fleet and field service management space. They are what enable our customers' success. They are our greatest asset. As a result, we take pride in a workplace committed to those who make us go.

Our commitment to growth enables us to push the telematics and field service operations industries forward. It's rooted in our products, embedded in our culture, and reflected in our team-first values. We're looking for the right people to jump onboard with us. Are you ready to take the ride?

What We Need

GPS Insight, an industry-leading fleet tracking and field service management SaaS provider, is looking for a Senior Golang Engineer to take a hands-on role in leading the company's transformation towards a modern, microservice based architecture, as we scale our platform 3-5x and deliver new features that delight our customers. The ideal candidate has significant hands-on experience driving transformation from monolithic architectures to microservices, and additionally has deep experience with event streaming. This candidate is a technical domain expert and catalyst for change with a track record of growing teams' technical skills and understanding.

What Value This Role Will Bring (Why You Want to Join Us)

We operate a SaaS running in AWS which ingests massive amounts of IoT data from vehicle assets and mobile devices, powering several reports, real-time alerts, web interfaces, and mobile applications. We are actively decomposing our PHP monolithic application into a domain-driven service model with a React front-end. We are getting a lot of things right but need more engineering bandwidth to accelerate our technical transformation and refine the shape of our ongoing engineering efforts. If you have an unstoppable drive to build modern, cloud-native software following the latest industry practices, GPS Insight is the place for you.

What You'll Do

• Play a key role in delivering the company's multi-year tech strategy and roadmap, focused on writing services with Golang, as the company continues it's shift from a monolithic code base to a distributed computing and service-oriented architecture
• Guide and participate in the implementation of APIs per specifications developed in conjunction with technical and product teams; define and implement solutions conforming to software development, stability, and reliability best practices
• Break down complex projects into simple systems that can be effectively built and maintained by less experienced engineers
• Provide oversight, coaching, and guidance by participating in code and design reviews
• Support technical innovation and lead the creation, continual refinement, and active enforcement of engineering standards
• Be considered an expert by peers and is recognized for high quality and quantity of hands-on technical contributions
• Be an embodiment of 'kind culture', fostering and promoting a positive environment based on empowerment, honesty, and empathy

Your Experience

• Three or more years in an engineering role with deep programming focus in Golang
• Contract-based API design and compliance and tooling, such as OpenAPI/Swagger
• Delivering scalable, fault tolerant, highly available, and secure implementations of RESTful APIs and event sourcing systems
• Data modeling, access, and manipulation with SQL and/or CQL, including database schema control systems (Liquibase, Flyway, etc.) in both transactional databases (PostgreSQL, etc.) and/or modern cloud data warehouses (Snowflake, Redshift, etc.)
• Infrastructure as code mindset leveraging tools like Terraform
• Containerizing and continuously deploying applications into a Kubernetes environment managed by CI pipelines and Helm charts
• Mentoring other senior engineers or managers on strategy, collaboration, influence, execution, and other aspects of leadership, for succession planning and growing the organization

Nice to Have

• GitLab CI pipeline experience
• Experience using Datadog APM and distributed tracing for application monitoring
• Experience using Rancher for monitoring and managing Kubernetes workloads
• PostgreSQL and / or TimescaleDB query tuning expertise
• AWS cloud services and / or working knowledge of cloud networking

What We Offer

• Fast paced and rapidly growing environment
• Chance to deliver mission critical data that drives the operations of our economy
• Opportunity for professional growth and development
• Possibility to learn new and cutting-edge technologies, in an environment that encourages new ideas
• There's more as well! Speak with us to find out all details!

Benefits

• 401(k) matching
• Full Health Benefits (Health, Vision, Dental)
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement
• Hybrid work environment