workato
Staff Software Engineer
At a Glance
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain; Madrid, Spain
- Experience
- 7+ years
- Posted
- 2026-05-20T21:35:44-04:00
Key Requirements
Required Skills
Domain Knowledge
- Cloud
- Engineering
Requirements
Strong experience in building scalable distributed backend applications (7+ years).
Excellent understanding of distributed systems patterns and algorithms.
Great understanding of all building blocks of large web applications: databases, load balancers, application servers, message brokers, caching, monitoring, etc.
Excellent understanding of network protocols and stacks.
Excellent understanding of DB technologies: classic databases and modern no-SQL.
Knowledge of all common basic data structures and algorithms and how they are used is a must.
Compensation & Benefits
Ultimately, Workato believes in fostering a
flexible, trust-oriented culture that empowers everyone to take full ownership of their roles
. We are driven by
innovation
and looking for
team players
Responsibilities
We are looking for an exceptional Senior Backend Developer (Ruby) to join our growing Engine team.
The Engine team develops and maintains most things related to Workato Recipe runtime.
Everything related to recipe execution: DSL, pulling events, processing webhooks, executing jobs.
There are various aspects to it: performance, scaling, storage, durability, atomicity, concurrency guarantees, data protection, and encryption.
ou will also be responsible to:
Build/extend/troubleshot/fix complex heterogeneous GOlang and Ruby applications, as well as small self-contained GOlang microservices.
About the Company
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
www.workato.com
But, we also believe in
balancing productivity with self-care