WitnessAI

Senior Software Engineer – Go Networking

WitnessAI

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Bay AreaCaliforniaUnited States

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Salary

💰 $150,000 - $200,000 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • Develop and maintain high-performance Go applications for data processing and analysis
  • Build robust content extraction systems that can handle real-time data streams
  • Create tools for processing and analyzing application-layer protocol data (JSON, XML, HTML)
  • Implement concurrent data processing pipelines using Go's powerful concurrency primitives
  • Design extensible plugin based architectures that can adapt to new data formats and protocols

Requirements

  • 5+ years of professional software development experience, with at least 3 years using Go
  • Expert-level proficiency in Go, including:
  • - Advanced concurrent programming (goroutines, channels, sync package)
  • - Comprehensive standard library knowledge (encoding, net, bufio, io packages)
  • - Memory-efficient programming and performance optimization
  • Strong experience building data extraction systems
  • Expertise working with structured data formats (JSON, XML, YAML) and text processing
  • Understanding of HTTP protocol fundamentals (headers, methods, status codes, request/response flow)
  • Experience with streaming data processing and real-time systems
  • Strong debugging and troubleshooting skills
  • Excellent problem-solving abilities and attention to detail
  • Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset
  • Knowledge of additional markup and data formats (Protocol Buffers, MessagePack, CBOR) (preferred)
  • Familiarity with network programming concepts (TCP/IP basics, packet structure) (preferred)
  • Experience with performance profiling and optimization in Go (preferred)
  • Knowledge of TLS/SSL fundamentals (preferred)
  • Experience with streaming protocols (WebSockets, gRPC, HTTP/2) (preferred)
  • Familiarity with cloud-native technologies (Docker, Kubernetes) (preferred)
  • Background in compiler design or language parsing (preferred)
  • Experience with network packet analysis tools (Wireshark, tcpdump) (preferred)
  • Understanding of security protocols and encrypted data handling (preferred)
Benefits
  • Hybrid work environment
  • Competitive salary.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan.
  • Opportunities for professional development and growth.
  • Generous vacation policy.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
Goconcurrent programminggoroutineschannelssync packageJSONXMLYAMLperformance optimizationstreaming data processing
Soft Skills
debuggingtroubleshootingproblem-solvingattention to detailcommunicationcollaborative mindset