Golang/Go Developer

Location: San Francisco, CA, us

Company Description

Punch is a full service digital agency based out of New York, Silicon Valley, LA, Boston, Stockholm and Phuket, Thailand. Here at Punch, we take pride in tackling our clients’ most challenging tasks. Founded by a group of former Google Engineers and now with over 75 staff, Punch is now leading the way in creating new cutting-edge technology.

Job Description

Primary job responsibilities

-Work with the team to develop world-class tools through practical development and collaboration with the open source Go community
-Interact with internal and external developers and communities
-Work with the toolchain team and other engineering teams as well as the community on senior-level feature contributions to Golang, related compiler bug fixes, efficiency improvements, and optimisations, and some light packaging work where needed
-Accept, analyze, and respond to bug reports against tools packages in your area of responsibility
-Plan and track development and periodically report progress to team management

Qualifications

Required skills
- 3+ years of experience in open source compiler or tools development
- 3+ years of experience with the Go language, runtime and tools
- Experience with or exposure to the Linux kernel is helpful
- Bachelor's degree or higher in computer science, computer engineering, or a technology-related discipline

The following requirements are a plus:
-Experience with C/C++ toolchains and debuggers
-Advanced knowledge of Go language, compiler, library, runtime, and debug internals
-Practical experience developing Go tools for enterprise use
-Direct experience with Go tools community participation
-Knowledge of and experience with system tools internals (e.g. compilers, debug formats)

Additional Information

We are a team of former Google Engineers and Designers based in Silicon Valley, New York and Phuket, Thailand.

All of our core engineers are paid in the $150,000 range or greater and we also provide our engineers the opportunity to work, all expenses paid, from our Phuket, Thailand office one month a year as a creative outlet to work and enjoy life to the fullest.

In this role you will work with some of the most exciting projects in the industry today with a team of fast moving engineers and designers who have a passion for building disruptive products.