On being a Golang Engineer at resin.io

Resin.io maintainsBalena, an open source Moby-based container engine tailored to IoT devices. We are looking for Golang Engineers with in-depth expertise on container technologies and open source software to innovate in the realm of containers for embedded GNU/Linux devices.

Responsibilities

• Actively invest back in our own technology, libraries, and frameworks

• Understand security best practices and strive to apply them in your work

• Be highly motivated to produce great code

• Evaluate customer requirements and other inputs to determine the scope and timing of new functionality

• Lead and maintain the Balena container engine open source project

• Contribute back to major open source projects such as Docker

• Research novel approaches to efficiently run and update containers in embedded devices

REQUIREMENTS

Need to have:

• Desire to make yourself and others more effective. You’d be bothered by an inefficient process

• Good understanding of software engineering practices and how to apply them

• Excellent written communication skills, and fluency in English

• Self-discipline to take on a project and push it to completion without too much management. You also know when to ask for help

• Experience leading, or contributing to, open source projects

• Experience with GNU/Linux

• Experience with Golang

• In-depth knowledge of Docker internals like namespaces, cgroups, and layers

Nice to have:

• A sample of your work (URL or attached sample)

• Contributions to OSS projects (please include a URL)

• Having worked remotely before

• Experience with Resin.io as a user

• Experience with embedded GNU/Linux, anything ranging from personal projects with a Raspberry Pi to commercial or industrial scenarios with custom devices

• Experience with Nodejs

• Experience with Kubernetes

Make sure to let us know if any of these items apply to you!