Position: Golang Technical Lead
Company: Opentag
Category: Golang
Experience required: 5y
English level: upper

OpenTag is a new (well-funded) International company within the field of Sports Betting and Gaming.

Our mission is to create the best software through empowered teams, centralized around our product. We do this to help great organizations reach ambitious goals and fulfill their purpose with equally great teams.

Our platform is built in Golang and Java(Spring/boot) with heavy usage of best practice packages, development approach, and infrastructure, we take special pride in progressive thinking.

We have several Golang teams — Core1/Core2, Promo1/Promo2 and Loyalty that are using PostgreSQL, Kafka, DDD, Microservices, redis, Kubernetes, Docker, Thrift/gRPC in day-to-day activities. You will build and lead Promo2 cross-functional Scrum team together with Front-end Developers, QAs, PO and Technical PM.

As a Golang Technical Lead, your impact will be as follows:
- Collaborating with our R&D leads the requirements definition, prototyping, design, coding, testing and deployment
- Working with the Delivery Manager and Product owners to make sure timetable and scopes are delivered as planned and expected
- Verify and validate code quality through code reviews and workshops
- Flag any potential issue along with the flow or code
- Bring in innovation and new techs to the team’s stack
- Mentoring newcomers and juniors
- Strive to maintain high team morale
- Organize and follow up on agreed deliverables
- Motivate staff by ensuring they have the right resources and a comfortable space to ask questions openly

The position is directly subordinate to the CTO.

We are a match with you if you have
- 6+ Years of experience in Software development
- 2+ Years experience in Golang development (Production/Market experience)
- People management experience
- Hands-on experience with SQL and NoSQL DBS
- Hands-on experience with AMQP/Kafka protocols
- Containers experience (Docker, K8s)
- Deep understanding of OOP (Solid, Grasp, DDD)
- Experience with full Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC)
- Good level of English

The process includes HR Interview (45 min), Technical interview (1,5-2 hours), Delivery call (30 min), Offer, Onboarding Plan.

On your first day you will be met by the HR Manager, who will introduce you to the company and conduct a tour of the office and answer all questions. Everything you need will be waiting for you (laptop, workplace, beginner’s package). You will have the opportunity to meet colleagues during lunch or coffee break. We will do everything necessary to make you feel comfortable and will support you during and after the adaptation period.

For the period of adaptation, you will talk and agree with your manager on the goals of the probationary period and get contacts from all colleagues who are ready to help you and answer all questions. During 1:1 meetings, you can give feedback, share thoughts and ideas. Your manager will also determine the course of your immersion in the project and make every effort to make you feel comfortable.

Our routine at OpenTag

We’re pretty proud to be working on this, we hope you’d be too.

It’s very important that we really don’t like micromanagement.

Do your job, if you want help — come and ask for it. No one is going to track your time or check you every 30 minutes to see how it’s going.

You don’t want to come to the office — that’s okay. You can work from your villa, from the seaside or from a cafe — we don’t care as long as you deliver what is promised. You want to come to the office — that’s okay too. The office is always open and we will be happy to have lunch together or a beer after work.

Health & Lifestyle

We provide medical insurance from the first day of work for you and your kids, with full coverage, sport subscription, breakfasts and lunches in the office, unlimited snacks and beverages, as well as massage in the office and psychology sessions when needed.

At OpenTag we are having team events throughout the year — hiking, paintball battles, Kanu-kayaks, beer brewing and tasting and so much more!

Compensation & Vacation policy

You are entitled to receive 20 business days of vacation with additional days off on your birthday and work anniversaries, 10 sick leave days, and official Public Holidays days off.

The salary is paid in euros to your PE bank account and we have full tax support if needed.