Back End Go Developer
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
Troy, MI, United States
1 day ago
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Role details
Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Experienced
Experience required
2 years minimum
Working hours
Regular working hours
Job source
Tech stack
Application Programming Interfaces (APIs)
Agile Methodology
Amazon Web Services
Business Logic
Application Performance Management
Audit Trail
User Authentication
Automation of Tests
Microsoft Azure
Cloud Computing
Software Quality
Code Review
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Computer Engineering
Continuous Integration
Command-Query Responsibility Segregation (Software Development)
Data Security
Relational Databases
Software Debugging
DevOps
Distributed Systems
Amazon DynamoDB
Github
PostgreSQL
Enterprise Messaging Systems
Microsoft SQL Server
MongoDB
MySQL
NoSQL
OAuth
Object-Oriented Software Development
Performance Tuning
Scrum Methodology
RabbitMQ
Role-Based Access Control
Redis
Openid Connect
Cloud Services
Swagger
JSON Web Token
Message Oriented Middleware
Secure Coding
Service-Oriented Architecture
Software Engineering
Systems Integration
Software Technical Review
Web Platforms
Openapi
Azure Service Bus
Data Logging
Google Cloud
Enterprise Software Applications
System Availability
Backend
Git
Event Driven Architecture
Containerization
Git Flow
Solid Principles
Kubernetes
Infrastructure Automation Frameworks
Information Technology
Deployment Automation
Atlassian Tools
Bicep
Apache Kafka
Bitbucket
Front End Software Development
Event Sourcing
Restful APIs
Terraform
Domain Driven Design
Software Version Control
Dynatrace
Api Management
Docker
Jenkins
Golang
Microservices
Job description
Back End Go Developer
- Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go (Golang).
- Collaborate with product owners, software architects, frontend developers, QA engineers, and DevOps teams to deliver new features and enhancements.
- Develop scalable and maintainable microservices and distributed applications.
- Design and implement RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and event-driven integrations.
- Build secure, performant, and reliable backend systems that adhere to established architecture and development standards.
- Write clean, maintainable, and well-documented code following industry best practices.
- Participate in code reviews and contribute to improving code quality and engineering practices across teams.
- Design and implement data access layers, business logic, and integration services.
- Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve production issues, application defects, and performance bottlenecks.
- Develop automated unit, integration, and end-to-end tests to ensure software quality.
- Support CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation processes.
- Work with cloud services, containerized environments, and orchestration platforms.
- Monitor application performance, availability, and operational health.
- Create and maintain technical documentation, including architecture diagrams, API specifications, and implementation details.
- Participate in Agile ceremonies including sprint planning, daily standups, backlog refinement, sprint reviews, and retrospectives.
- Contribute to ongoing modernization and continuous improvement initiatives.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or equivalent experience., * 3+ years of professional software development experience.
- 2+ years of hands-on experience developing backend applications using Go (Golang).
- Strong understanding of software design principles, object-oriented programming concepts, and distributed systems.
- Experience developing RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and service-oriented architectures.
- Experience building microservices and event-driven applications.
- Experience working with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, SQL Server, or MySQL.
- Experience with NoSQL databases such as MongoDB, Redis, or DynamoDB.
- Familiarity with messaging technologies such as Kafka, RabbitMQ, Azure Service Bus, or similar platforms.
- Experience implementing automated testing, including unit, integration, and API testing.
- Experience with Git-based source control workflows and modern branching strategies.
- Understanding of CI/CD practices and deployment automation.
- Experience working with Docker and containerized applications.
- Familiarity with cloud platforms such as Microsoft Azure, AWS, or Google Cloud Platform.
- Experience working within Agile development teams using tools such as Jira and Confluence.
- Strong problem-solving, communication, and collaboration skills.
Nice to Have
- Experience designing and operating large-scale distributed systems.
- Experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration platforms.
- Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD), CQRS, and event sourcing patterns.
- Experience implementing observability solutions, including logging, monitoring, and distributed tracing.
- Familiarity with OpenAPI/Swagger specifications and API governance standards.
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or Bicep.
- Knowledge of security best practices including authentication, authorization, encryption, and secure coding principles.
- Experience working with OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, and identity management solutions.
- Familiarity with performance tuning, capacity planning, and scalability optimization.
- Experience supporting highly available production systems in enterprise environments.
- Exposure to GitHub Actions, Azure DevOps, Jenkins, Bitbucket Pipelines, or similar CI/CD tools.
- Experience developing enterprise-scale microservices architectures.
- Experience designing integrations between ERP, warehouse management, manufacturing, and third-party systems.
- Familiarity with event-driven architectures and asynchronous messaging patterns.
- Experience implementing RBAC, authentication, authorization, and audit logging capabilities.
- Ability to contribute to architecture governance and technical design reviews.
- Experience supporting mission-critical applications with high availability and reliability requirements.
- Understanding of cloud-native application development and modernization strategies.
- Experience working within cross-functional teams spanning product, architecture, security, QA, and operations.
About the company
You’ll be part of a high-performing team focused on delivering innovative software solutions that provide real business value. Working at Magna means collaborating with engineers and product teams who bring diverse expertise and are passionate about building scalable, resilient, and impactful software systems.
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