Senior Golang Engineer

Role

Senior Golang Engineer

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Golang Engineer with strong experience in building scalable, cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of developing distributed systems using Golang, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, and deploying solutions on EKS (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service). Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation is also essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, reliable, and scalable backend services using Golang.
• Architect and implement event-driven systems leveraging Apache Kafka.
• Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using EKS (AWS Kubernetes).
• Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
• Optimize application performance, reliability, and security in production environments.
• Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture planning sessions.
• Troubleshoot production issues and ensure system stability and uptime.

Required Skills & Experience

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in Golang.
• Strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, and microservices architecture in Go.
• Hands-on experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, schema registry, etc.).
• Expertise in containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes, preferably on AWS EKS.
• Proficiency with CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tools.
• Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and message-driven architectures.
• Familiarity with cloud-native design principles and infrastructure as code (IaC) is a plus.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.