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# Go (Golang) Engineers with OSS Package Ecosystem

- **Company:** Apptad Inc.
- **Location:** Redmond, WA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Cloud Computing, Code Review, Continuous Integration, Linux, Memory Management, Github, Open Source Technology, Software Configuration Management, Software Engineering, Management of Software Versions, Software Vulnerability Management, Concurrency, Git, Build Management, Containerization, Gitlab-ci, Kubernetes, Patch Management, Free and Open-Source Software, Build Tools, Codebase, Code Restructuring, Software Version Control, Docker, Jenkins, Golang
- **Published:** August 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.careerjet.com/jobad/usc261238eb03dbb30380bb18861a7369a

## About the Role

* Goroutines
 * Channels
 * Concurrency patterns
 * Memory management
 * Context propagation
 * Error handling strategies
 * Experience developing and maintaining production-grade Go applications.

Go Ecosystem Knowledge

 * Extensive experience with:

 * Go Modules
 * GOPROXY
 * Dependency resolution
 * Semantic versioning
 * Package publishing
 * Open-source package maintenance

Build & CI/CD

 * Strong experience with:

 * Bazel
 * Go Build
 * Go Test
 * GitHub Actions
 * Jenkins
 * Buildkite
 * GitLab CI
 * Ability to troubleshoot large-scale build environments.

Dependency & Migration Engineering

 * Experience performing:

 * Package upgrades
 * Framework migrations
 * Dependency conflict resolution
 * Version compatibility analysis
 * API migration and refactoring

Source Control & Repository Management

 * Git expertise.
 * Experience with monorepos and large-scale codebases.
 * Familiarity with Copybara or equivalent repository synchronization tools.
 * Code review and branching strategy experience.

Platform & Infrastructure

 * Linux systems expertise.
 * Container technologies:

 * Docker
 * Kubernetes
 * Familiarity with cloud-native development practices., * Experience managing large-scale OSS upgrade programs.
 * Contributions to public Go open-source projects.
 * Experience with supply-chain security and dependency governance.
 * Familiarity with vulnerability remediation practices.
 * Experience with SBOM generation and management.

Understanding of modern software release engineering practices
Skills
Mandatory Skills : Golang

## Description

We are seeking an experienced Go (Golang) Open-Source Software Engineer to drive the modernization and maintenance of large-scale third-party package ecosystems. The engineer will be responsible for performing version upgrades of open-source Go packages, resolving dependency conflicts, fixing code breaks introduced by package updates, and ensuring successful validation through build, test, and presubmit pipelines.
The ideal candidate will possess deep expertise in Go modules, dependency management, build systems, CI/CD pipelines, and OSS package maintenance. This role requires hands-on engineering ownership across package migration, compatibility remediation, Copybara workflows, build/test stabilization, local patch management, and upstream contribution activities.


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