Principal Software Engineer, GO & Rust (Engine)

Workato

Belgrade, SerbiaPrincipal Software EngineerPosted Jul 17, 2026

&lt;div class=&quot;content-intro&quot;&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;&quot;&gt;&lt;strong&gt;About Workato&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business. To learn more, visit &lt;span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workato.com&quot; target=&quot;_blank&quot;&gt;www.workato.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Why join us?&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;. We are driven by &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;innovation &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;and looking for&lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt; team players &lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;who want to actively build our company.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;But, we also believe in &lt;/span&gt;&lt;strong&gt;balancing productivity with self-care&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;. That’s why we offer all of our employees a vibrant and dynamic work environment &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;http://www.workato.com/careers&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;along with a multitude of benefits&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; they can enjoy inside and outside of their work lives.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;If this sounds right up your alley, please submit an application. We look forward to getting to know you!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Also, feel free to check out why:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.businessinsider.com/47-enterprise-startups-to-bet-your-career-on-in-2020-2019-12&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Business Insider&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; named us an “enterprise startup to bet your career on”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www.forbes.com/cloud100/#a57477b5f941&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Forbes’ Cloud 100&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; recognized us as one of the top 100 private cloud companies in the world&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/technology-media-and-telecommunications/articles/fast500-winners.html&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Deloitte Tech Fast 500&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; ranked us as the 17th fastest growing tech company in the Bay Area, and 96th in North America&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://qz.com/work/2053446/the-best-companies-for-working-from-home/&quot;&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;Quartz&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt; ranked us the #1 best company for remote workers&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Responsibilities&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;p&gt;We are looking for an exceptional System Architect to lead the design and evolution of our platform architecture. This is a hands-on role requiring deep technical expertise in building secure, scalable, and cost-efficient systems. You will be responsible for critical architectural decisions affecting system performance, security, reliability, and modularity across our entire platform.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;In this role, y&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: 400;&quot;&gt;ou will also be responsible to:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Architecture &amp;amp; Design&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Design microservices and platform features from concept to production-ready specifications&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Create technical designs for complex system components and develop proof-of-concepts in Golang&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Architect secure, fault-tolerant systems with automated failover, circuit breakers, and end-to-end encryption&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Analyze existing system architecture to understand current implementations and plan gradual replacement of legacy components&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Plan implementation phases, migration strategies, and feature deprecation timelines&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Architectural Governance &amp;amp; Collaboration&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Review and approve architectural designs from engineering teams with detailed feedback&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lead architecture review sessions and facilitate technical decision-making across teams&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Partner with Product Managers, Dev Leads, Security, SRE and Infrastructure teams to establish platform-wide standards&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Lead threat modeling exercises and drive technical consensus for platform-wide initiatives&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mentor engineers on architectural best practices and resolve complex technical challenges&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Documentation &amp;amp; Planning&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Write comprehensive technical documentation including ADRs, design documents, runbooks, and API specifications&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Create visual system diagrams and research technical solutions from diverse sources&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Design zero-downtime migration strategies and define acceptance criteria for architectural changes&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h1&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Requirements&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h1&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Qualifications / Experience / Technical Skills&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;8+ years building scalable distributed systems, with 3+ years in System/Platform Architect roles&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Proven experience architecting both large microservice environments (100+ services) and monolithic applications&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Strong hands-on Golang coding skills - must write production-quality code&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Communication &amp;amp; Data: Protocol Buffers, gRPC, WebSockets, Kafka event streaming, PostgreSQL (partitioning, replication, HA)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Security &amp;amp; Authentication: OAuth 2.0/OIDC, JWT, mTLS, data encryption, public key cryptography, zero-trust architecture&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Infrastructure &amp;amp; Operations: Working knowledge of Kubernetes, Docker, CI/CD pipelines, Infrastructure as Code (Terraform), distributed systems patterns (Saga, circuit breakers, retries)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Scale: Experience with systems handling millions of requests/events per day&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Exceptional technical writing and communication abilities for diverse audiences&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Experience planning phased implementations and leading complex cross-team projects&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Proven track record with feature flags, gradual rollouts, and zero-downtime deployments&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Ability to facilitate architectural decision-making and create technical roadmaps&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Mentorship mindset and cost analysis capabilities&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Experience with AI-assisted workflows, particularly in system analysis and hunting for inconsistencies and corner cases.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;h3&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Nice to Have&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/h3&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Additional Languages: Ruby, &lt;strong&gt;Rust&lt;/strong&gt;, Python, Java, C++, Kotlin-multiplatform&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Advanced Security: Key Management Systems (HSM, AWS KMS), Secrets Management (Vault), specific crypto algorithms&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Extended Infrastructure: Service mesh (Istio, Linkerd), NoSQL databases, Redis clustering, stream processing (Flink, Spark)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Cloud &amp;amp; Compliance: AWS/GCP/Azure expertise, PCI-DSS, HIPAA, SOC2&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt; &lt;p&gt;Community: Open source contributions, conference speaking, technical writing&lt;/p&gt; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;(REQ ID: 2885)&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;