Workato

Technology

SeniorBackendEngineer(GO,APIGetaways)

€55–80k ~AI est. Porto, Portugal
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Senior candidates.

The Brief

“Senior Backend Engineer (GO, API Getaways) at Workato. Skills: GoLang, API Gateways, Distributed Systems, High Scale Systems. Design gateway components. Build gateway components”

Industry & Context.

Technology
Problems you'll solve

Identify bottlenecks; Propose pragmatic solutions

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years software engineering experience, 5+ years backend development in Go, Deep understanding of Go internals, Systems programming foundation, Deep network knowledge, Applied cryptography knowledge, Design and scale distributed systems, Solid understanding of web infrastructure, Author system design documents, Identify code and system bottlenecks, Working knowledge of Kubernetes, BS/MS in Computer Science or Engineering

Nice to Have

Reading familiarity with Ruby on Rails, Familiarity with AI/LLM serving infrastructure, Experience with Docker, Experience with container orchestration, Experience with cloud infrastructure, Experience with Redis caching, Experience with Redis pub/sub, Exposure to API gateway internals, Exposure to service mesh internals, Integration with third-party APIs at scale, Contributions to open-source projects

What You'll Do.

Design gateway components

Build gateway components

Operate gateway components

Own technical direction

Author design documents

Lead architectural reviews

Build infrastructure for authentication

Build infrastructure for caching

Build infrastructure for rate limiting

Build infrastructure for request queuing

Build infrastructure for traffic shaping

Evolve infrastructure for authentication

Evolve infrastructure for caching

Evolve infrastructure for rate limiting

Evolve infrastructure for request queuing

Evolve infrastructure for traffic shaping

Collaborate with SRE teams

Collaborate with Infrastructure teams

Collaborate with Platform teams

Meet availability requirements

Meet scalability requirements

Meet observability requirements

Stay current with technologies

Stay current with protocols

Stay current with industry trends

Propose architectural changes

Deliver features end-to-end

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Globally distributed team; Cross-team collaboration

Communication Scope

Design discussions; Code reviews; Cross-team collaboration

Full Job Description

About Workato 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. To learn more, visit www.workato.com 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. That’s 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 Quartz ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers We are looking for a Senior Backend Engineer (GoLang) with deep Go expertise to join the Gateways team. This is a hands-on individual contributor role with expectations to own subsystems end-to-end and drive technical direction in your area of ownership. The Gateways team owns Workato's API management, gateway, and routing infrastructure — the layer that sits between external consumers and the platform's cor

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