Software Engineer - Java / Go

Vonage Engineering Mission: Vonage is the emerging leader in the $100B+ cloud communications platform (CPaaS) market. Customers like Airbnb, Viber, Whatsapp, Snapchat, and many others depend on our APIs and SDKs to connect with their customers all over the world. As businesses continue to shift to a real-time, customer-centric communications model, we are experiencing a time of impressive growth.

Why this role matters

The Engineering team at Vonage is a fast growing group of talented engineers. As a Senior Software Engineer in our Voice RTC (Real-time communications)  team, you will develop new features and tools for applications that underpin our voice capability all over the world, your code will be critical in allowing thousands of people to connect via voice every second. The code you write will directly affect the success of businesses around the world.

What you will do:

• Design and develop a wide-range of distributed, robust real-time and high-volume production applications for our Voice API platform, and develop prototypes.
• Choose the appropriate technologies based on the product needs.
• Develop and support software using best practices including aspects of documentation, testing, deployment and operations.
• Apply innovative thinking to all functions of development.
• Able to complete individual tasks end-to-end independently, while also working with a larger team to accomplish bigger objectives.

What we value:

• Being disruptive. Getting things done. Working with smart people. Enjoying knowing that the work we do is having a global impact by enabling never before imagined communications.
• We have big goals, and we want the people who join us to be self-confident, focused on customers and delivery, and who are structured and committed in their approach. We iterate quickly, we fail fast, we take smart chances. We value those who will help us continue this spirit
• Values matter at Vonage. We are on a mission to bring value for consumers and enterprises through global cloud based communications.
• But just as important as delivering value is how we deliver that value.
• We believe in integrity. Both personally and professionally. We believe in empowering our employees and are actively seeking entrepreneurs in training who want to help build something larger.
• We have gotten to this point by being committed, passionate, and focused on getting things done. We need more people like us. If this appeals to you then we encourage you to apply.

What you will bring ( Must have ):

• 4+ years of experience in Software Development
• Excellent understanding of core development, algorithms, concurrency and server-side experience with knowledge of design patterns. 
• Experience in Java (Spring, SpringBoot, JMX) or Golang
• Experience with REST microservices, XML/JSON. 
• Deep understanding of Object Oriented Design and standard design patterns.
• Experience with development in a Unix/Linux environment.
• An interest in continuing your own development across a range of new technologies.
• Ability and willingness to work in a global, fast-paced environment.
• Flexible with the ability to adapt working style to meet objectives.
• Ability to stay organized, strong analytical and communication skills.

Good to have:

• Knowledge or working experience of VoIP protocols such as SIP, RTP and open-source VoIP technologies (such as Freeswitch, Asterisk, OpenSIPS, or Kamailio).
• Proven ability to produce best in class highly distributed systems.
• Experience in event driven programming for realtime time intensive applications.
• Experience of multi-threaded, 3-tier architectures, web services and caching.
• Experience with Cloud-based technologies such as AWS is a plus.
• Experience with DevOps practices & tools.
• Knowledge of Python, Docker, Kubernetes, Jenkins is a plus.
• Knowledge of NoSQL databases.

Note: The purpose of this profile is to provide a general summary of essential responsibilities for the position and is not meant as an exhaustive list. Assignments may differ for individuals within the same role based on business conditions, departmental need or geographic location.

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