Go Backend Developer

Job Description

This role exists to define, standardize, and evolve the enterprise middleware and integration architecture to support growing digital, partner, and internal platform demands. As systems scale in volume and complexity, the organization requires a cohesive architecture that ensures reliability, security, and reuse across services and integrations. The role provides technical leadership to align business requirements with cloud-native, API-driven solutions while reducing operational risk and complexity.

Accountabilities:

Areas this person needs to own

1. Enterprise middleware and integration architecture strategy.

2. API and microservices architecture governance.

3. Platform scalability, resilience, and non-functional standards.

4. Security, compliance, and architectural best practices.

5. Technical leadership and cross-team alignment.

Responsibilities:

1. Define and maintain reference architectures, design standards, and patterns for middleware, APIs, and distributed systems.

2. Architect cloud-native, containerized services and integration solutions that are scalable, secure, and highly available.

3. Govern API lifecycle management, including design guidelines, versioning strategies, traffic management, and consumption models.

4. Collaborate with DevOps, security, and operations teams to ensure observability, automation, and platform readiness for production workloads.

5. Provide architectural guidance, conduct design reviews, and mentor engineering teams while engaging stakeholders and vendors as required.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications

Bachelors degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or similar, with minimally

4 years

of relevant work experience

Strong proficiency in

Go (Golang) or Kubernetes with at least

1 year

of handson experience building backend services

Solid understanding of

RESTful API

design and implementation

Experience with

microservices architecture

and servicetoservice communication

Strong knowledge of

concurrency ,

goroutines , and

channels

in Go

Proficiency in

SQL and/or NoSQL databases

(e.g., PostgreSQL, MySQL, MongoDB, Redis)

Experience with

containerization

(Docker) and basic

Kubernetes

concepts

Familiarity with

Git

and modern CI/CD pipelines

Understanding of

authentication, authorization, and security best practices

Ability to write clean, testable, and maintainable code (unit and integration testing)

Preferred / NicetoHave Qualifications

Experience with

cloud platforms

(AWS, Azure, or GCP)

Knowledge of

eventdriven architectures

(Kafka, RabbitMQ, NATS, etc.)

Experience with

API gateways , service meshes, or reverse proxies

Familiarity with

observability tools

(logging, metrics, tracing Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry)

Prior experience supporting

highavailability or highthroughput systems

Exposure to DevOps practices and production troubleshooting

Soft Skills

Strong problemsolving and analytical skills

Ability to work independently and collaborate in crossfunctional teams

Clear communication and documentation skills

Ownership mindset and attention to production quality