Software Engineer II

Shanghai, Shanghai, China About the Team At GOAT Group, the Engineering team is an integral part of our dynamic company. By joining the team, your skills will be front and center, working alongside other passionate individuals to solve problems and build software. From launching compelling new consumer experiences, tackling global logistics challenges to scaling infrastructure to facilitate our rapid growth – technology is essential to driving our vision forward. The work you do will change the way the world shops, while also empowering entrepreneurs, including individual sellers, brands and boutiques. Role Overview We are looking for a Backend Engineer to help design and implement new features across multiple backend applications. As a presence and an individual contributor on a small team, you will play a key role in both enhancing a Ruby on Rails backend at the heart of the business and building out a new, more scalable service-driven architecture. Language requirement: Fluent in Mandarin and English Location: Shanghai, China In this role, you will:

• Design and develop backend systems using Ruby and/or Golang programming languages to enable functionality for customers in our web and mobile applications and apply computer science knowledge to ensure performance, scalability, and system correctness (e.g., selecting products to a wish list or writing comments)
• Deploy applications and microservices in a cloud environment that are secure and scalable, including working asynchronous data stream builds on top of AWS specific technologies (e.g., SQS, DynamoDB, etc.)
• Analyze business requirements to develop and modify existing transactional systems to support new business processes and manage business related data
• Manage projects and problems of significantly larger scopes
• Formulate an efficient game plan for delivering a stable, well-tested feature on time
• Make technical recommendations that improve the codebase while minimizing risk
• Identify and fix (or ideally avoid) bugs and performance bottlenecks
• Coordinate and communicate seamlessly across other technical and product teams
• Be a helpful and supportive presence on the team, contributing to code reviews and other team processes

We are looking for:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in computer science or related field
• Experience in software engineering with Ruby on Rails *and/or Golang* (Python, PHP, or Java are also acceptable)
• Experience with e-commerce/web applications
• Familiarity and comfortability with the technologies, the tradeoffs, and the design patterns emerging in web services
• A quick learner, a self-starter, ability to work autonomously, and be willing (and able) to handle the pressures of an increasing level of responsibility