Software Engineer (Go)

Overview

Software Engineer within Paddle's Billing group, developing core areas of the new billing platform for thousands of customers, taking the lead on discovering and planning new features.

What you'll do

• Independently deliver on milestones that may span across multiple systems within Billing.
• Make changes with care and precision, recognising the importance of correctness when working with financial data.
• Contribute to systems designed for scale, reliability, and security, following established architectural patterns.
• Write clear, well-structured, and well-tested code that meets team standards.
• Participate in code reviews, both giving and receiving constructive feedback.
• Work closely with other engineers, product managers, and designers to understand requirements and deliver solutions.
• Break down larger pieces of work into manageable tasks and estimate your own work with guidance.
• Help monitor and support production services, investigating and fixing issues as they arise.
• Contribute to shaping our team and wider engineering culture to ensure Paddle remains an exceptional place to work.
• Work closely with Product Managers, Designers, Data, Risk, and Operations to translate business requirements into robust technical solutions.
• Help shape product direction by providing technical insights, trade-offs, and delivery estimates.
• Partner with Customer Support or Operations teams to investigate and resolve production issues.

What you'll need

• A development background with Go.
• Experience designing and building systems to handle high traffic at scale in a cloud-based environment in AWS.
• Enjoys collaborating with technical and non-technical departments.
• A proactive attitude towards finding ways to improve the code and team processes.
• A strong understanding of the development process, from design through to deployment, maintenance, and what that means for day-to-day development.
• A strong understanding of API principles and best practices.
• A proven track record of bias for action and strong customer focus.
• Solid communication and collaboration skills, comfortable working alongside both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Takes pride in what you build.

Details

• Location: UK (London headquarters). Other hubs listed in the ad: Portugal (Lisbon), Netherlands and Ireland (Dublin), Austin TX and Toronto, Singapore.
• Work mode: digital-first; freedom to choose where, when and how you work within hub locations.