"Choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life."I'm a passionate Go (Golang) Software Engineer living in Reno Nevada!I've worked at many levels (developer, senior, lead), before finally settling into a Staff Go (Golang) Software Engineering role, leading many large-scale cross-squad projects. I’ve directly contributed to millions of ARR. What sets me apart from others is my positive personality and my desire to collaborate with others. I deeply care about how the product's architecture will affect the customer, but more importantly, I sincerely care about ensuring other engineers feel empowered to make their mark on the final product. I care about the people I work with. Whether it is pairing on projects, mentoring, or how I go about my work life, I put people at the forefront of my mind. Unlocking others' potential, as well as my own is the passion that drives me.PersonalThis comes first. It's what I'm most proud of. I'm a people person, not a basement programmer.- Team-oriented, hardworking, ambitious, dedicated, and get along with all types of people- Always laser-focused on helping the velocity of whatever team I'm on- Ability to explain complex functionality to technical and non-technical folks- Excellent writing, verbal, and presentation skills- Full remote workExperience14+ years of web application / software engineering experience7+ years of Go (Golang) experienceLed many large-scale projects that were cross-cutting within the company that spanned multiple different services and teamsArchitected and launched a successful paywall over-quota sales motion for existing customers that drove over $1M in upsell revenueHave a passion for API design, creation, and documentation that allows me to deliver robust RESTful APIsKnowledge of implementing resilient distributed systems, capable of handling very high throughputApplication development skills; knowledge of working with large-scale systems (100+ microservices)Key contributor in building out a backend event bus system using KafkaThe experience to understand how to build things at scale and the consequences of ignoring itAbility to monitor microservices using DataDog, New Relic, Graphana, or Lightstep to detect signs of unhealthy microservicesExperience in breaking up a large monolith application into much smaller microservicesProficient with relational databases (design, implementation, network modeling, and implementing efficient indexes)Personal PassionsCrypto, Blockchain, Web3, APIs, Fantasy sports and betting websites