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# Senior GoLang Engineer / Remote / Startup

- **Company:** Motion Recruitment Partners LLC.
- **Location:** Washington, DC, United States (Remote available)
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Cloud Computing, Code Generation, Code Review, Databases, Continuous Integration, DevOps, Cryptographic Protocols, Graph Database, Python (Programming Language), PostgreSQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Software Engineering, Software Vulnerability Management, Backend, Golang
- **Published:** October 29, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.dice.com/job-detail/b8edcf1f-9dff-448d-89b7-545dda427804

## About the Role

* 5+ years of professional software engineering experience
 * Strong backend development in Go as your primary language
 * Experience building and shipping in a full stack environment
 * Solid database experience with PostgreSQL and SQL Server
 * Working knowledge of AWS and cloud-native development
 * Track record of building new products or services from zero to one, ideally in a startup
 * Sound engineering judgment, including reviewing AI-generated code with confidence
 * Security-minded approach to design and code

Desired Skills & Experience

 * Python experience
 * Graph database exposure
 * Hands-on DevOps or infrastructure work (CI/CD, containers, infrastructure as code)
 * Background in cybersecurity, cryptography, or vulnerability management
 * Experience with TLS, encryption protocols, or network scanning

## Description

The best part of this role is ownership. You will report directly to the CTO and help shape the architecture and engineering culture while the team is still small. They want a senior engineer who has taken products from zero to one and can work fast with AI-assisted tools while carefully reviewing everything that ships. The product is already underway and focused on building new capabilities, not maintaining legacy code, in a new category of security tooling. Strong performers have a clear path to a full-time role., * 55% Go

 * 20% PostgreSQL and SQL Server
 * 15% AWS
 * 10% DevOps and infrastructure

Daily Responsibilities

 * 70% Hands On
 * 15% Architecture and Design with the CTO
 * 15% Team Collaboration and Code Review