Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang)
workato
Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang) at workato is a full time role based in Berlin; Frankfurt; Munich. Listed skills: Product & Engineering. It was published on 1 September 2026 and was open at last check.
| Role | Staff Software Engineer (Ruby or GOlang) |
|---|---|
| Company | workato |
| Location | Berlin; Frankfurt; Munich |
| Employment type | Full Time |
| Skills listed | Product & Engineering |
| Published | 1 September 2026 |
| Status | Open at last check |
<div class="content-intro"><h1><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;"><strong>About Workato</strong></span></h1>
<p><span style="font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;">Workato is the leading Control and Execution Platform for Enterprise AI — the neutral platform enterprises trust to put AI to work across their business. Workato unifies data, applications, and processes into a single platform so AI can reliably orchestrate business processes in production at enterprise scale. Built on more than a decade of running mission-critical processes for over half the Fortune 500 — including Nasdaq, Amazon, Cisco, Vodafone, Atlassian, and Lucid Motors — Workato turns over 14,000 enterprise systems AI needs to act on into one governed execution layer. For more information, visit <a class="link" href="https://www.workato.com/" data-tooltip-link-label="undefined">workato.com</a>.</span></p>
<h1><strong>Why join us?</strong></h1>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a </span><strong>flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. We are driven by </span><strong>innovation </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and looking for</span><strong> team players </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">who want to actively build our company. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">But, we also believe in </span><strong>balancing productivity with self-care</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment </span><a href="http://www.workato.com/careers"><span style="font-weight: 400;">along with a multitude of benefits</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Also, feel free to check out why:</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/47-enterprise-startups-to-bet-your-career-on-in-2020-2019-12"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Business Insider</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/#a57477b5f941"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Forbes’ Cloud 100</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/fast500-winners.html"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Deloitte Tech Fast 500</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America</span></p>
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<p><a href="https://qz.com/work/2053446/the-best-companies-for-working-from-home/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Quartz</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers</span></p>
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</ul></div><h1><strong>Responsibilities</strong></h1>
<p>We are looking for an exceptional Staff 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. </p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this role, y</span><span style="font-weight: 400;">ou will also be responsible to:</span></p>
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<p>We also consider strong Ruby-only candidates, as well as Golang-only candidates who are open to learning new languages.</p>
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<p>Be a key contributor to the architecture and design of distributed applications with strict requirements for performance and resilience. </p>
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<p>Build/extend/troubleshoot/fix complex heterogeneous Golang/Ruby applications, as well as small self-contained Golang microservices.</p>
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<p>Write well-designed, testable, efficient code in Ruby and Golang. </p>
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<p>Integration of data storage solutions Postgres/S3/Redis/Kafka/ClickHouse etc.</p>
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<p>Contribute in all phases of the development lifecycle.</p>
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<p>Provide code reviews to your teammates.</p>
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<p>Provide technical leadership. Work with other teams on shared projects.</p>
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<p>Evaluate and propose improvements to existing systems.</p>
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<p>Identify bottlenecks and bugs, and devise solutions to these problems.</p>
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<p>Help maintain code quality, organization and automatization.</p>
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<h1><strong>Requirements</strong></h1>
<h3><strong>Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills</strong></h3>
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<p>Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years).</p>
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<p>Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms.</p>
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<p>Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.</p>
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<p>Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks.</p>
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<p>Excellent understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.</p>
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<p>Knowledge of all common basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.</p>
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<p>Multilingual programming experience: our code base is primarily in Ruby, with a trend to migrate to GOlang and Rust. At least two languages are required.</p>
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<p>At least basic understanding of cloud deployments (k8s, Terraform, ArgoCD)</p>
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<p>Experience of working with public cloud infrastructure providers(AWS/Azure/Google Cloud).</p>
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<p>Excellent debugging, analytical, problem solving, and social skills.</p>
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<p>BS/MS degree in Computer Science, Engineering or a related subject, 7+ years of industry experience.</p>
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<h3><strong>Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics</strong></h3>
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<p>Background in GOlang, Rust, WASM, Kotlin-multiplatform.</p>
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<p>Background in network programming.</p>
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<p>Background in application, data security.</p>
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<p>Deep knowledge of physical DB design.</p>
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<p>Experience of working with Docker and other isolation technologies.</p>
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<p>Experience in related fields (DevOps, ML, DBA, Enterprise applications, etc).</p>
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<p>Experience in building/deploying data processing pipelines is a plus.</p>
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<p>Experience of working with third-party REST APIs at scale (request throttling, batch processing etc).</p>
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<h3><strong>Soft Skills / Personal Characteristics</strong></h3>
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<p>Ability to technically lead projects. Work with requirements, cost analysis.</p>
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<p>Readiness to work remotely with teams distributed across the world and timezones.</p>
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<p> </p>
<p><strong>(REQ ID: 2582)</strong></p>
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