Senior Full-Stack Engineer- Golang

Leapfrog is on a mission to be a role model technology company. Since 2010, we have relentlessly worked on crafting better digital products with our team of superior engineers. We’re a full-stack company specializing in SaaS products and have served over 100 clients with our mastery of emerging technologies.

We’re thinkers and doers, creatives and coders, makers and builders— but most importantly, we are trusted partners with world-class engineers. Hundreds of companies in Boston, Seattle, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco choose us to gain speed, agility, quality, and stability, giving them an edge over their competitors.

About the role

We are looking for a Senior Engineer to join our engineering team. In this role, you will be responsible for solving complex technical and business challenges. You will have the opportunity to design and develop large-scale applications, contributing to the architecture and implementation of new products. Additionally, you will play a key role in shaping the technical strategy and providing thought leadership in software engineering.

• Design, develop, and maintain scalable microservices and APIs using Golang

• Build fault-tolerant, secure, and high-performance backend systems

• Collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers in a cross-functional environment

• Implement new platform features, integrations, and internal tooling

• Participate in system architecture discussions and technical decision-making

• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested code following engineering best practices

• Perform code reviews and contribute to improving development standards

• Develop automated unit and integration tests using TDD practices

• Optimize application performance, reliability, and scalability

• Contribute to CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation

• Monitor production systems and troubleshoot complex technical issues

• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical guidance

• Align engineering solutions with business goals and customer needs

• 5+ years of software engineering experience, with at least 3+ years focused on Golang development

• Strong experience building scalable distributed systems, RESTful APIs, and backend services

• Proficiency with Go frameworks and tools such as Gin, Echo, Fiber, GORM, or similar

• Strong understanding of concurrency, multithreading, and Go internals

• Experience with relational and NoSQL databases, especially MongoDB and PostgreSQL

• Familiarity with event-driven architecture, message queues, and asynchronous processing

• Experience working with cloud platforms, preferably Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

• Experience with Docker, Kubernetes, and containerized deployments

• Familiarity with CI/CD tools such as Concourse, GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI

• Strong understanding of software design principles, clean architecture, and system design

• Experience with unit testing, integration testing, and Test Driven Development (TDD)

• Strong debugging, problem-solving, and communication skills

• Experience working in Agile/Scrum development environments

🎁 Benefits and perks:

We believe our people are our greatest strength. With perks and benefits, we intend to offer everything our people need to do their best while maintaining a healthy balance between work and personal life.

Daily Work Support

• 💻 Support for resources: Receive a monthly internet and laptop allowance, and request resources for convenient WFH.

• 📆 5-day workweek: Enjoy weekends off and return refreshed on Mondays.

• 🍔 Food: Access to healthy meals while on-site.

Professional Growth

• 📚 'Growth mindset' fund: Investment in your post-grad degree, learning opportunities, and career growth.

• 👶 Child scholarship: Scholarships for your child in selected schools.

• 📈 Bi-annual bonus: Get timely festival and company bonuses.

• 💸 Advance salary: Request salary in advance.

Work/Life Balance

• ✈️ Paid time-offs: Annual, sick, compensation, and bereavement leaves.

• 🍼 Maternity leave: 3 months of paid leave, 1 month of unpaid leave, and 90 days of reduced workload.

• 🐣 Paternity leave: 11 days of paid paternity leave and reduced workload after.

• 💊 Menstruation leave: 6 days of paid menstruation leave annually.

We take care of you

• 🌿 Your well-being: Company-funded counseling services from certified therapists as well as COVID care services.

• 💰 Retirement fund: Social security fund with health and accidental insurance.

Celebrating your efforts

• 🎉 Engagement and Events: Team lunch/dinner, company outings, and festival celebrations with your favorite co-workers!

• 😎 Exposure: Visit and work in the States and build better client rapport.

• 💖 Recognition: In-house awards, appreciation platforms, and 5th-anniversary gifts!