Golang Developer

We are seeking a Mid-Level Golang Backend Developer to build and support high-performance, scalable backend systems. This role will focus on developing robust web applications, messaging-based backend services, and distributed systems using modern cloud-native and DevOps practices. The ideal candidate has strong backend experience in Golang, exposure to microservices architecture, and hands-on experience building, deploying, and supporting production-grade systems. Key Responsbilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Golang

• Build and support web applications and messaging-based systems (MQ / event-driven architecture)

• Develop high-performance, scalable applications optimized for reliability and speed

• Participate in the full software lifecycle:

• Development

• Build and deployment

• Monitoring and alerting

Work with DevOps pipelines to:

• Build and deploy applications
• Consume services across environments
• Ensure smooth production releases

Deploy and manage applications in Kubernetes-based environments

Monitor live systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance

Must-Have Requirements (Non-Negotiable):

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang (Go)

• Prior backend development experience in at least one of the following:

• C# / .NET

• Java

• Python

Strong understanding of:

• Backend architecture

• REST APIs & microservices

• REST APIs (must)

• RESTful API design

• Understanding of API principles (contracts, inputs/outputs, error handling)

• Experience maintaining and evolving APIs in production systems

• Microservices architecture

• Handson experience working in microservices architecture

• Understanding of:

• Servicetoservice communication

• Distributed system behavior

• Ownership of services in production

Not required to spin up new microservices daily, but must understand how and when to design them

Event-driven architecture (Kafka-like mindset even if not explicit)

Distributed systems

Experience building production-grade backend systems

Experience working with:

• Message queues / event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)

Solid understanding of databases (SQL or NoSQL)

• SQL (required)

• Experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL

• Ability to:

• Read and write nontrivial SQL queries

• Understand joins, indexing basics, query behavior

• Make basic tuning or performance adjustments

• Advanced DBAlevel skills not required, but basic SQL is not enough

DevOps & Cloud Experience

• Hands-on experience with:

• Kubernetes (deploy, manage, scale applications)

• CI/CD pipelines (build, deploy, automate)

Experience with:

• Application monitoring
• Logging and alerting systems

Understanding of how services are built, deployed, and consumed in production environments

Engineering Fundamentals

• Strong in:

• Software design patterns

• Clean, maintainable code

Experience with:

• CI/CD pipelines
• Testing (unit/integration)

This is repeatedly emphasized and one of the biggest evaluation criteria.

Candidate must demonstrate:

ObjectOriented Programming fundamentals

• Clean class design
• Proper use of encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance

Clean Code principles

• Readable, maintainable, structured code

Familiarity with common design patterns (e.g., decorator, etc.)

Ability to adapt to an existing codebase and follow team standards quickly

6. Soft / Execution Skills

Ownership & Production Mindset

• Developer is responsible endtoend for tickets

• From implementation testing release production

Strong attention to production quality

Understands impact of backend failures on real customer experiences

Comfortable with:

• Fast releases (weekly)
• Highvisibility systems
• Debugging issues postrelease

ProblemSolving & FirstPrinciples Thinking

• Ability to reason through ambiguous, realworld problems
• Comfortable asking clarifying questions before coding
• Can explain why they chose a solution, not just write code
• Interview evaluation heavily weights thinking process, not memorization

Agile / HighVelocity Environment Experience

• Comfortable working in:

• Weekly sprints

• Rapid release cycles (Thursday releases)

Experience with:

• GitHub
• Jira
• Confluence

Can handle fast feedback loops and frequent deployments

Nice to Have

• Frontend experience with:

• Angular (v14 18) or React

Experience working on robotics systems or automation stacks

Exposure to:

• High-throughput systems
• Real-time data processing
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker)