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.
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We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (Ruby/Go) to join our growing Engine team. The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to Workato Recipe runtime. Everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, executing jobs. There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption.
In this role, you will also be responsible to:
Build/extend/troubleshot/fix complex heterogeneous GOlang and Ruby applications, Ruby monolith application, as well as small self-contained GOlang microservices.
We also consider strong Ruby only candidates, as well as Golang-only candidates who is open to learn some ruby.
Improve execution engine of custom third-party code (Ruby DSL, isolation, performance, new features).
Write well designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and GOlang.
Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/S3/DynamoDB/Kafka/ClickHouse etc.
Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle.
Provide code reviews to your teammates.
Evaluate and propose improvements to existing system.
Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.
Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization.
We always explore new technologies and work with Rust and Wasm can be foreseen.
Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (5+ years).
Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
Good understanding of network protocols and stacks.
Good understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.
Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.
Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with trend to migrate to GOlang and Rust.
Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills.
BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience.
Background in GO-lang and/or Rust.
Background in network programming.
Background in application, data security.
Deep knowledge of physical DB design.
Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies.
Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).
Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc).
Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus.
Experience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc).
Familiarity with WASM platform and toolchain.
Kotlint-multiplatform
Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.
(REQ ID: 2587)
Skills Required
- Strong experience building scalable distributed backend applications (5+ years).
- Deep understanding of large web application components: databases, load balancers, app servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring.
- Good understanding of network protocols and stacks.
- Good understanding of database technologies including relational and NoSQL databases.
- Knowledge of basic data structures and algorithms.
- Multilingual programming experience; primary codebase in Ruby with migration to Go and Rust.
- Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and interpersonal skills.
- BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or related subject and 7+ years industry experience.
- Experience integrating data storage solutions (Postgres, S3, DynamoDB, Kafka, ClickHouse).
What We Do
The leader in enterprise automation, Workato helps organizations work faster and smarter without compromising security and governance. Built for Business and IT users, Workato is trusted by over 7,000 of the world's top brands like Gitlab, Toast, Broadcom, Intuit, Autodesk, and HubSpot. Leaders use Workato to automate key processes like Order to Cash, Speed to Lead, HR Onboarding and Offboarding and more.
Why Work With Us
Here at Workato, we are a team moved by innovation — a passion to create the best possible way and the drive to continue to make it better. We also believe in the power of our team, knowing that we only succeed if we all succeed together. Our team uses seven operating principles to help us make better decisions, work as a team, and have fun.
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