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# Senior Golang Backend Engineer - Consumer Products

- **Company:** A5 LABS, INC.
- **Location:** United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Code Review, Cursor (Graphical User Interface Elements), Distributed Systems, PostgreSQL, MySQL, RabbitMQ, Redis, WebSocket, Transaction Processing (Computing), Real Time Systems, GitHub Copilot, Concurrency, Backend, Rate Limiting, Apache Kafka, Front End Software Development, Golang, Microservices
- **Published:** August 25, 2026
- **Apply:** https://arc.dev/remote-jobs/j/redirect/pf1fvh83jg

## About the Role

We are looking for a hands-on Senior Golang Backend Engineer with strong recent Go experience and direct ownership of consumer-facing product features., * 5+ years of backend engineering experience

 * Strong recent production experience with Golang
 * Direct ownership of consumer-facing backend features
 * Strong understanding of microservices and distributed systems
 * Experience with PostgreSQL or MySQL
 * Experience with Redis and Kafka, RabbitMQ, or NATS
 * Good understanding of concurrency, idempotency, retries, rate limiting, consistency, and failure recovery
 * Able to own features from technical design through production support
 * Strong English communication and ability to work independently in a remote team, * Experience in gaming, poker, betting, fintech, payments, e-commerce, social, travel, or delivery products
 * Experience with real-time systems, WebSockets, or high-volume transaction processing
 * Experience with wallets, ledgers, settlement, reconciliation, or virtual economies
 * Technical leadership or cross-team project ownership
 * Experience with Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, or similar AI coding tools

## Description

Relevant experience may include:

 * Payments, wallets, subscriptions, checkout, or refunds
 * Orders, carts, bookings, delivery, or marketplaces
 * Chat, feeds, notifications, recommendations, or social features
 * Gaming, betting, matchmaking, rewards, or loyalty
 * User onboarding, identity, accounts, or growth features

You should be able to explain the user journey, the backend feature you personally owned, and how you designed, shipped, and supported it in production., * Build scalable Golang services for consumer products

 * Design APIs, data models, and asynchronous workflows
 * Own features from technical design through release and monitoring
 * Improve system performance, reliability, and maintainability
 * Troubleshoot complex production issues
 * Work closely with product, frontend, mobile, and QA teams
 * Participate in architecture discussions and code reviews
 * Mentor other engineers when needed


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