Application Developer III (Golang)

About Marco Technologies

Marco Technologies is a U.S.-based IT services and consulting company that helps businesses manage and improve their technology systems. Founded in 1973 and headquartered in St. Cloud, Minnesota, it started as a small office supply business and gradually expanded into a full-scale technology solutions provider. The company offers services such as managed IT support, cloud computing, cybersecurity, business communication systems, and even managed print services, meaning organizations can outsource their entire tech infrastructure instead of maintaining large in-house IT teams. In simple terms, Marco Technologies acts as a “technology partner” for companies, ensuring their systems run smoothly, securely, and efficiently. While it is not a product-based tech giant like Google or NVIDIA, it plays an important role in the IT services sector, especially for businesses that need reliable day-to-day technology management and support.

Job Description

The Application Developer III position is responsible for working with our Business Analyst team to develop software using Go (Golang) within Google Cloud Platforms. They are also the team subject matter expert that provides recommendations for IS best practices.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTION:

• Apply in-depth technical knowledge to develop applications across one or more technology areas (web applications, APIs, web services, and application database integration), including cloud and data platforms with supported organization tools such as Go (Golang), Google Cloud Platform. Plan, design, develop, test, debug, and deploy highly available applications.
• Leverage Github Actions CI/CD pipelines and/or Azure DevOps pipelines and repos
• Ability to quickly grasp new technology concepts.
• Proactively analyze software, code, requirements, metrics, and risk for projects assigned.
• Be subject matter expert for the troubleshooting of complex issues and resolving defects in projects.
• Advise team as a subject matter expert on languages and design principles.
• Be a strong collaborator with domain subject matter experts, application architects, and senior development team members. Act as the subject matter expert of the Application Developer team.
• Subject matter expert on Docker and Kubernetes.
• Follow and maintain data security policies and practices.
• Follow development practices according to Marco requirements and industry standards.
• Ensure change management is being followed and documented.
• Maintain confidentiality regarding the information being processed, stored, or accessed by the end-users on the network.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree and six years of relevant experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Expertise with advance design concepts with supported organization tools such as Go (Golang) or Google Cloud Platform. Experience with Rust is preferred but not required.
• Google Cloud Professional Cloud Developer or Professional Cloud Architect certification preferred.

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Subject matter expert on SOLID Design principles and Clean Architecture.
• Experience in web API services including (REST, SOAP, XML, JSON).
• Knowledge of MongoDB and/or Microsoft SQL programming in relation to code (database design, query optimization, code first practices).
• Be able to self-learn, research, and adopt new and emerging technologies to provide solutions to specific needs.
• Experience with Agile development methodologies.
• Communication skills are paramount as the Application Development team is often reliant on other teams and partners to understand desired outcomes for projects/tasks.
• Mastery of writing code tests (Go Testing/Jest/xUnit).

LOCATION: This is a remote-eligible position, however, Marco Technologies requires employees to reside within one of the following states: DE, FL, IA, IL, IN, KY, MD, MI, MN, MO, ME, NE, ND, NJ, PA, RI, SD, TX, WI