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Backend Engineer - GoLang (remote - Bulgaria)

Goconsensus

Location

Bulgaria

Type

Full-time

Posted

4 days ago

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Job Description

Backend Engineer - GoLang (remote - Bulgaria)

Bulgaria

Development – Backend Engineering /

Full-time /

Remote

About Us: Tired of the same old corporate grind? At Consensus, we’re not just another SaaS company—we're a dynamic team on a mission to change how buyers buy and how sellers sell. Your unique perspective isn’t just welcomed; it’s essential. We empower you to bring your authentic self to work and fuel your passion for innovation. Our values aren’t just words on a wall—they’re the heartbeat of our culture. We want you to show up, ready to contribute and grow. Embrace the idea that perfection isn’t the goal; it’s about putting your name on something that’s a “version one” and owning the journey. With our Product Experience Platform, we’re changing the game with tools like product tours, video demos, and product simulations that accelerate deal closures and create engaging buyer experiences. If you’re ready to roll up your sleeves and contribute to a transformative journey in enterprise software, we want you on our team. Want to see Consensus in action for yourself? Check out our
The Team:Engineering at Consensus is where collaboration meets innovation. We operate with transparency and foster a blameless culture—mistakes aren’t something to hide; they’re fuel for growth. Solving real customer challenges is at the heart of everything we do, and we believe the best software comes from engineers who think like product owners. Here, your ideas matter, your work drives impact, and every line of code makes a difference.

What You'll Do:

Apply your skills with GoLang to build high quality, well-tested, scalable and powerful backend services, with emphasis on media processing pipelines and video transcoding workflows
Design and implement efficient video processing systems using ffmpeg and related media processing libraries
Build robust concurrent systems leveraging Go's goroutines and channels for parallel media processing
Work with product managers to flush out requirements and create balanced delivery iterations
Interact with frontend engineers to help design API contracts to support user workflows, particularly for media upload, processing, and streaming
Create comprehensive unit tests and work with both manual and automated QA to ensure new features and services work as expected
Improve the existing codebase to have better and higher quality test coverage
Collaborate with architects and DevOps to improve overall system design, particularly around media storage and CDN optimization
Contribute to our architectural roadmap to ensure we have a scalable, performant, maintainable, and secure application
Mentor and coach less experienced engineers in Go best practices and established patterns
Debug production systems as needed, including media processing pipeline issues
Improve the system through better alerting, monitoring, and logging
Avoid and remove the accrual of technical debt in our systems

What We're Looking For:

Bachelor's degree in computer science or equivalent
2+ years of related experience with backend engineering
2+ years of production experience with GoLang
Strong experience with FFMPEG and media processing workflows (transcoding, encoding, streaming protocols)
Expert level understanding of GoLang, including deep knowledge of concurrency patterns, goroutines, channels, and the Go runtime
Experience building video processing pipelines and handling various media formats (MP4, WebM, HLS, etc.)
Mastery-level understanding of REST and API development with strong skills in building well designed APIs
Experience with popular Go frameworks and libraries (Gin, Echo, Gorilla, etc.)
Firm grasp of solid architectural principles for back-end applications
Well versed in abstraction, encapsulation, interfaces, and other commonly applied Go patterns
Pragmatic approach to feature development, architectural improvement, and system evolution
Good understanding of Git and pull request workflows including continuous integration
Solid understanding and practical experience applying the agile methodology to projects
Strong skills in the terminal for unix or linux-based operating systems including script writing and command-line tools
Solid debugging skills and the ability to detect and make performance improvements, particularly in media processing workflows
Experience with docker, kubernetes or other container-based technologies
Experience working with cloud technologies such as AWS, particularly S3, CloudFront, and Media Services
Quality-minded, with the ability to elevate others in areas like effective boundary condition testing and test-driven development
Good communication skills, strong work ethic, and commitment to being accountable for yourself and your team

Nice to Have:

Experience with Temporal workflow engine for orchestrating complex media processing pipelines
Experience with eventing frameworks like Kafka
Knowledge of streaming protocols (HLS, DASH, WebRTC)
Understanding of video quality metrics and optimization techniques

Join Consensus and enjoy a robust benefits package designed with your well-being in mind:

13th salary
Stock options
Additional Health Care by Bulstrad
Social benefits budget that you can spend on the benefits that really work for you
Food vouchers
Multisport card
Metlife life and accident insurane
Metlife Best doctors insurance
WFH budget to help you set up a comfortable working station at home
Company provided best-in-class equipment (we give you the budget and you choose the equipment you want to work with)
Fully-paid parental leave to prioritize your family
Maternity leave benefits
Flexible, friendly and fully remote work environment
Additional days off
Every third Friday of the month is off for the whole company
Professional Development program
Team buildings and gatherings