Golang Developer

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Go
• Build and optimize microservices for high throughput and low latency
• Write clean, well-tested, and well-documented code following Go idioms and best practices
• Collaborate with frontend, infrastructure, and product teams to define and ship new features
• Participate in code reviews and contribute to engineering standards and tooling
• Troubleshoot production issues and implement monitoring and alerting solutions
• Contribute to system design decisions including database schema, API contracts, and service boundaries

Required Skills & Experience

• 2+ years of professional experience writing production Go code
• Strong understanding of Go concurrency patterns (goroutines, channels, sync primitives)
• Experience building and deploying RESTful or gRPC APIs
• Familiarity with relational databases (PostgreSQL, MySQL) and writing efficient SQL
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)
• Understanding of distributed systems concepts: service discovery, load balancing, circuit breakers
• Proficiency with Git and CI/CD pipelines
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to debug complex systems

Nice-to-Have

• Experience with message brokers such as Kafka, NATS, or RabbitMQ
• Contributions to open-source Go projects
• Familiarity with observability tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or Jaeger
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)
• Background in another systems language (Rust, C++)

Tech Stack

What We Offer

• Competitive salary and equity package
• Flexible remote or hybrid work arrangement
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Annual learning and development budget
• Generous PTO policy

Interview Process

1. 1Recruiter phone screen (30 min)
2. 2Technical phone screen with an engineer covering Go fundamentals and system design basics (45 min)
3. 3Take-home coding exercise: build a small Go service (2-3 hours estimated)
4. 4On-site or virtual loop: code review of the exercise, system design, and team culture fit (3 hours)
5. 5Final conversation with the hiring manager