Junior Backend Go Developer

About the Position

Build scalable Go services and APIs with a supportive team, grow your autonomy through hands-on mentorship, and help solve meaningful challenges for clients across industries.

About the Company

We are part of the Alkemy Group, specializing in driving growth through our technological expertise, tackling complex challenges, and fostering operational excellence.

• We are digital natives and technology-neutral thanks to our rapid adaptation capabilities and problem-solving skills in any business situation.
• We are passionate about technology challenges that have a significant impact on business. To address these, we have high-performance teams and the ability to quickly and effectively combine technologies.
• We support our clients in their digital evolution to achieve maximum efficiency in their businesses, leveraging our extensive multi-sector experience.

We invite you to get to know us in depth by exploring the various sections of our website.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain backend components and microservices in Go, progressively working more independently.
• Design and implement clean, efficient, and well-documented RESTful APIs.
• Collaborate effectively with the Frontend team and other technical profiles to integrate services.
• Actively participate in identifying, debugging, and resolving technical issues in production and testing environments.
• Contribute to code reviews by providing and receiving constructive feedback.
• Write unit and integration tests to ensure software quality and stability.
• Propose targeted improvements to the performance of existing applications and database queries.
• Actively participate in task estimation and sprint planning within an Agile environment.

Requirements

• 2–3 years of previous experience in backend development, preferably with Go or with experience in another language such as Java, Node.js, Python, or C#, and a recent transition to Go.
• Hands-on experience designing and implementing RESTful APIs.
• Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL) and/or NoSQL databases (e.g., MongoDB, Redis).
• Regular and confident use of Git for version control, including branching workflows, pull requests, and related practices.
• Practical knowledge of common design patterns and coding best practices, including Clean Code principles.

Nice to Have

• Previous experience using Jira or similar tools such as Trello or Azure DevOps to manage and track tasks within Agile methodologies (Scrum/Kanban).
• Knowledge of CI/CD and continuous integration practices.

We Offer

• Professional Training & Certifications
• Flexible hours
• Special timetable: Fridays and summer 7h.
• Every three years, 6 extra days off.
• Day off on your birthday
• Bring a friend and benefit from it
• Flexible compensation
• Wellness - Gympass
• Volunteering opportunities
• Company events and team buildings

About the Company

In this company, you can be yourself and work with colleagues equally passionate about technology and innovation, ready to support you at all times. We want to see you evolve and grow with us. To that end, we invest in your professional development with training, tech breakfasts, and attendance at forums. We are advocates of continuous learning, which is why we provide a personal budget for staying up to date with market trends.

We care about well-being and happiness at work, which is why we listen to needs to offer the best working conditions in a unique human environment. Due to the emphasis we place on flexibility and work-life balance, we won the Madrid Flexible Company Award in 2020 and received an honorable mention in 2022.

We are committed to supporting the LGTBIQ+ community and invite individuals with disabilities to apply for this position. We value diversity and are committed to inclusion in our team.

If you identify with our work philosophy and share our passion for INNOvation and Code Vocation, we want to meet you!