Senior Golang Developer

SmarTek21

137d

About The Position

We’re looking for a Senior Golang Developer to design and optimize high-performance, cloud-native backend systems. You’ll architect scalable services, improve performance, and guide teams in writing robust Go applications that power distributed environments.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional software development experience.
• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang in production systems.
• Strong command of goroutines, channels, context, and Go’s concurrency model.
• Deep understanding of performance optimization and Go internals.
• Experience with Gin, Echo, Fiber, or Chi frameworks.
• Proficiency in PostgreSQL, Kafka, NATS, or RabbitMQ.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes client-go, Operator SDK, or custom controllers.
• Experience with Go modules, golangci-lint, goreleaser, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Strong debugging and profiling skills for production systems.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop backend systems using Go with an emphasis on performance and maintainability.
• Implement and optimize concurrency patterns including worker pools, fan-in/fan-out, and pipelines.
• Develop and maintain microservices with gRPC, REST, and message-based communication.
• Write and maintain efficient, reusable code and ensure high test coverage using table-driven testing and mocking frameworks.
• Integrate with databases such as PostgreSQL (using GORM, sqlx, or pgx).
• Build resilient and observable systems using Prometheus, OpenTelemetry, and structured logging.
• Optimize applications using pprof, escape analysis, and memory profiling tools.
• Deploy and manage Go services in Kubernetes and cloud environments (AWS/GCP/Azure).
• Collaborate with DevOps teams to ensure CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and runtime stability.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical design discussions and code reviews.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees