Go Backend Engineer

About Joint Academy
We are a team of researchers, software developers, designers and other professionals creating a digital treatment for one of the world's most common ailments: osteoarthritis (OA) and chronic joint pain. Our platform connects patients with trained physical therapists, and gives them access to education and an individualized daily schedule of exercises. Everything we do is based on world-class science, and the effectiveness of our treatment has been validated by several peer-reviewed studies. Joint Academy fundamentally changes OA treatment by delivering an evidence-based, scalable and cost-effective online solution.
Engineering
Our engineering department consists of 60+ developers aiming for creating a scalable and user friendly tech platform which can easily be released in several countries with great patient value. You will join us in a super exciting time as we start executing on a new architectural roadmap. To further enable scaling we will go for an event driven service based architecture with a new programming language Go/Golang.
What You'll Do
Share your experience from working in a service based architecture with Go
Join a cross functional team of dedicated and skilled software professionals building a cutting-edge e-health platform
Design and implement systems and APIs that deliver digital treatment to thousands of patients
Write efficient code to support complex business requirements, meeting the demands of various markets, payment structures, and regulations
Test your code using a range of tools and strategies, such as unit, integration, and property-based testing framework

Requirements
We are looking for someone with experience from working in a service based event driven architecture, preferably with Go. You probably have deep expertise in several areas, but you are also able to learn whatever is needed to get the job done. You will work in a cross-functional team and collaborate closely with product managers, designers and developers.
You probably have a passion for backend and database technologies, but you are also able to learn whatever is needed to get the job done. Here are a few of the technologies we are relying on at the moment: Go/Golang, RabbitMQ, Ruby, Ruby on Rails, PostgreSQL, Redis, GraphQL.
Some key points:
You have 5+ years of professional software development experience
You take pride in your work and believe that high quality code pays off both in the long and short term
You thrive on the exchange of ideas and criticism, and can both take and give feedback in a friendly atmosphere without prestige getting in the way
You have strong communication skills. Along with great technical solutions, you create great documentation and written guidelines
You hold a permanent Swedish job permit. We have a remote first approach which means you can be located anywhere in Sweden

Benefits
You will work with something meaningful and a product that has a positive impact on many people's lives globally
You will have the opportunity to work with a unique mix of people with different expertise, including leading academic scientists, medical professionals and experienced product developers
30 days paid vacation
Pension and insurance package
Flexible working hours
Wellness contribution and exercise two hours per week during working hours
Yearly Volunteering Day to spend on a non profit organisation
Quarterly hack days, monthly knowledge sharing talks, one hour per week to spend on professional learning and a dedicated budget for competence development
Modern office in Malmö with great views of the city, only 400 meters from Malmö central station - or work remotely in the comfort of your own home