Specialized Bicycle Components

Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer

Specialized Bicycle Components$137K — $198K *
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of relevant engineering experience
  • Proficient in Go, Java, or C++
  • Experience with AWS and distributed system design
  • Strong knowledge of REST API and web fundamentals
  • Working knowledge of containers, specifically Docker
  • Familiar with event-driven and observable systems
  • Excellent communication and collaborative skills

Responsibilities

  • Design distributed systems using iteratively-shipped components
  • Contribute to event-driven system architecture for loose coupling
  • Build support tools for frontline staff
  • Maintain product registration systems effectively
  • Enhance integrations with Point of Sale systems
  • Manage CI/CD pipelines for frequent, robust delivery
  • Collaborate with teams to craft best-fit technical solutions

Benefits

  • Competitive pay with performance-based annual reviews
  • Comprehensive healthcare plan options including varied coverage
  • Health Savings Account with employer contributions
  • Generous vacation, sick, and volunteer time off policy
  • Substantial parental leave support for birthing and non-birthing parents
  • Career development assistance of up to $9,000 annually
  • Annually reimbursed fitness and wellness expenses
Full Job Description
Senior Fullstack Platform Go Engineer

Summary 

 

This role is part of the Global Tech team, responsible for building and maintaining scalable backend services, event-driven systems, and shared platform capabilities that support a wide range of digital products and internal business functions. As part of the Integration Platform team, this role will frequently interface with multiple engineering and business teams to enable reliable data exchange and system interoperability across the organization. The role requires experience with distributed system design and implementation, the Go programming language, and AWS infrastructure. 

The ideal candidate has excellent communication skills and thrives in collaborative, cross-functional environments. They are eager to grow, have experience with Go or another statically-typed language, experience deploying services to AWS, and demonstrate strong curiosity in finding simple, effective solutions to complex problems. The candidate must work closely with peer development teams to provide thoughtful technical recommendations and drive alignment across systems. 

  

How you will make a difference   

  • Provide clarity by designing distributed systems built from iteratively-shipped components   

  • Contribute to an event system which enables loose coupling across services   

  • Build simple tools to aid our frontline support staff   

  • Maintain a product registration system   

  • Continue to enhance and support our integrations with Point of Sale systems to serve our omni-channel strategy 

  • Manage a clean CI/CD pipeline to deliver robust changes frequently   

  • Design best-fit technical solutions in collaboration with teammates 

  • Identify and understand root causes of existing problems and propose creative and innovative solutions 

   

What you'll need to win   

  • Experience with Golang, Java, or C++ 

  • Familiarity with evented systems 

  • Strong fundamental knowledge of REST API design

  • Strong in web fundamentals

  • Familiar with AWS services such as API Gateway, Lambda,EventBridge, SQS/SNS, ECS

  • Working knowledge ofcontainers, specificallyDocker

  • Strongdata modeling and RDBMSexperience

  • Excellence at describing technical designs appropriate to a technical or business audience

  • Self-motivated teammate who is communicative and collaborative

  • Comfortable writing and testing your own code that goes to production

  • Practiced at implementing and monitoring through the three pillars of observability

Preferred qualifications   

  • 8+ years of relevant experience or a Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science (or comparable subject area) 

  • 4+ years of proven experience creating technical specifications / designs from business requirements 

  • 2+ years working with Golang or Java or C++ 

  • 2+ years working with Postgres or MySQL (via SQL, not ORM) 

  • Experience of working on at-scale distributed systems 

  • Previous use of Github Actions and Terraform 

  • Server side rendered HTML, plain CSS, and minimal JavaScript 

  • Previous use of HTMX 

  • Comfortable with source code control and versioning tools (Git preferred) 

  • Experience with GitHub, Atlassian Confluence, JIRA, JIRA Service Desk, Slack,Dropboxand other collaboration tools 

PAY

Below is a summary of compensation elements for this role at the company if based in the following locations:

CaliforniaBase Pay Range: ($137,000 - $198,000) 

BENEFITS

As a full-time, regular teammate, you are eligible for the following benefits, beginning the first of the month following your start date. 

 

Benefits include: 

  • Competitive pay with annual performance-based reviews for continued growth and recognition 

  • Comprehensive healthcare plan options, including PPO, EPO, HDHP, and HMO (acupuncture and physical therapy included) 

  • Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer HSA contributions when enrolled in the High-Deductible Healthcare Plan (HDHP)   

  • Dental and Vision plans 

  • 401(k) Company Matching up to $5,000 annually with immediate 100% vesting and administrative fees paid for by the company 

  • Company-paid Life, AD&D, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability Insurance 

  • Employee Assistance Program that provides access to individualized mental well-being care 

  • Generous Vacation, Sick, Paid Holidays, and Volunteer Time Off 

  • 14 weeks of 100% paid leave for birthing parents and 8 weeks of 100% paid leave for non-birthing parents, plus a Specialized bike for your new baby 

  • Up to $9,000 annually in Career Development & Degree Assistance 

  • Up to $250 annually in Fitness & Wellness Reimbursement 

  • Industry Pro-Deal Discounts and Perks 

 

For additional information on benefits and perks, please visit: https://benefits.specialized.com. 

About Specialized Bicycle Components

Specialized Bicycle Components, Inc., commonly called Specialized, is a United States-based company that designs, manufactures and markets bicycles, bicycle components and related products under the brand name "Specialized". The company was founded in 1974 by Mike Sinyard and is based in Morgan Hill, California. Specialized has a reputation for innovation and quality, and has been a leading force in the development of mountain biking and road cycling. The company has a strong presence in the professional cycling world, sponsoring several teams and riders. Specialized also operates a chain of retail stores, called Specialized Concept Stores, which offer a range of products and services for cyclists.
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3,500 employees
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1974

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