Golang Backend Developer
Full-time
Remotely
As a Senior Golang Backend Developer, you'll spearhead the design and implementation of cutting-edge trading infrastructure utilizing modern technology stacks. Working within a globally distributed engineering team, you'll craft scalable, fault-tolerant microservices that handle financial data with exceptional throughput and unwavering reliability—all while maintaining the highest standards of code quality and security.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect and engineer robust, horizontally-scalable microservices using Go programming language (Go 1.21+) for sophisticated trading platforms.
- Optimize system performance metrics to achieve sub-millisecond latency and 99.99% uptime in high-stakes production environments.
- Craft pristine, maintainable code with comprehensive test coverage—adhering to test-driven development methodologies and SOLID principles.
- Design and implement RESTful APIs and gRPC services that facilitate seamless integration between internal components and external systems.
- Establish and refine CI/CD pipelines utilizing GitHub Actions, Jenkins, or GitLab CI for automated testing, security scanning, and zero-downtime. deployments.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with product managers, data scientists, and frontend engineers to translate business requirements into elegant technical solutions.
Required Skills and Qualifications
- 3+ years of demonstrable expertise developing backend applications using Golang (Go 1.18+), with profound understanding of Go concurrency patterns.
- Proven mastery of microservices architecture, design patterns (CQRS, Event Sourcing), and distributed systems principles.
- Comprehensive knowledge of RESTful API development and hands-on experience with gRPC/Protocol Buffers implementation.
- Advanced proficiency with both SQL databases (PostgreSQL 15+, MySQL 8+) and NoSQL solutions (MongoDB 7+, Redis 7+).
- Substantive experience with message broker ecosystems including Apache Kafka 3.x, RabbitMQ 3.12+, or NATS.
- Demonstrable expertise with containerization using Docker and orchestration with Kubernetes (v1.28+), preferably in production environments.
- Exceptional command of Git workflows, comprehensive code review processes, and collaborative development methodologies.
- Superior analytical capabilities for debugging intricate issues across distributed microservice architectures.
- Exemplary communication abilities in English for asynchronous remote collaboration and technical documentation.
Preferred Qualifications
- Extensive experience with major cloud platforms (AWS EKS/ECS, Google Kubernetes Engine, or Azure AKS) and infrastructure as code tools (Terraform, Pulumi).
mprehensive knowledge of observability stacks including Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, or Elastic Stack (ELK).
- In-depth understanding of financial trading systems, market data processing pipelines, or professional fintech environment experience.
- Practical implementation of WebSockets and gRPC streaming for real-time financial data transmission.
- Proficiency with GitOps workflows using tools like ArgoCD or Flux CD for Continuous Deployment.
- Advanced knowledge of security best practices for financial applications, including OWASP guidelines and secure coding standards.
- Experience with performance profiling, benchmarking, and optimization techniques specific to Go applications.