Go (Golang) Developer

Ampcus Inc.•Salt Lake City, UT

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Ampcus Inc. is seeking a highly skilled Go (Golang) Developer to design, develop, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications and microservices. The ideal candidate will have strong experience in Go programming, cloud-native architectures, distributed systems, API development, and modern DevOps practices. This role requires a passion for building reliable, secure, and resilient systems that support business-critical applications.

Requirements

Programming Go (Golang)
Object-Oriented Programming (OOP)
Concurrent Programming
Multithreading Concepts
Data Structures and Algorithms
Design Patterns
API Development
gRPC
OpenAPI / Swagger
JSON
XML
API Security and Authentication
Microservices & Distributed Systems
Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA)
Event-Driven Architecture
Asynchronous Processing
Git
GitHub
GitLab
Bitbucket
PostgreSQL
MySQL
MongoDB
Redis
SQL Query Optimization
Docker
Kubernetes
Helm
Terraform
CI/CD Pipelines
Jenkins
GitHub Actions
GitLab CI/CD
AWS
Microsoft Azure
Google Cloud Platform (GCP)
Apache Kafka
RabbitMQ
AWS SQS/SNS
Prometheus
Grafana
ELK Stack
OpenTelemetry
Splunk
Strong backend engineering experience.
Deep understanding of Go internals and concurrency patterns.
Experience building scalable microservices in cloud environments.
Strong problem-solving and debugging skills.
Ability to work independently and within Agile teams.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Nice To Haves

GraphQL
Elasticsearch
Istio Service Mesh
Kubernetes Operators
Linux Administration
Serverless Architecture
Domain-Driven Design (DDD)
CQRS and Event Sourcing

Responsibilities

Design, develop, test, and maintain backend services using Go (Golang).
Build scalable RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and microservice-based applications.
Develop high-throughput, low-latency distributed systems.
Implement concurrent and asynchronous processing using goroutines and channels.
Integrate applications with databases, third-party APIs, cloud platforms, and enterprise systems.
Optimize application performance, resource utilization, and system reliability.
Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews.
Write clean, maintainable, and testable code following software engineering best practices.
Develop automated unit, integration, and performance tests.
Implement and support CI/CD pipelines.
Monitor, troubleshoot, and resolve production issues.
Collaborate with product managers, architects, DevOps engineers, and cross-functional teams.
Contribute to technical documentation and knowledge-sharing initiatives.