Golang Developer

Location: Menlo Park, CA
Job Type: Contract

Job Overview

We are seeking an experienced Golang Developer to design, develop, test, and maintain scalable, high-performance backend applications and services using Go. The ideal candidate will have strong experience with microservices, distributed systems, APIs, cloud technologies, databases, and containerized environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain backend applications using Golang (Go).
• Build and consume RESTful APIs, gRPC services, and microservices.
• Develop scalable, reliable, and high-performance distributed systems.
• Write clean, reusable, maintainable, and well-documented code.
• Optimize application performance, memory utilization, and concurrency.
• Leverage Go goroutines, channels, and concurrency patterns effectively.
• Implement security, authentication, authorization, and data protection measures.
• Troubleshoot, debug, and resolve application and production issues.
• Develop efficient data access layers and optimize database queries.
• Work with relational databases such as PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQL Server.
• Work with NoSQL technologies such as MongoDB, Cassandra, and Redis.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.
• Monitor application performance, system health, and service reliability.
• Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Architects, QA, DevOps, and other engineering teams.
• Participate in sprint planning, estimations, stand-ups, code reviews, and retrospectives.
• Mentor junior developers and contribute to technical knowledge sharing.

Required Technical Skills

• Strong hands-on proficiency in Golang (Go).
• Strong experience with REST APIs, gRPC, and Microservices Architecture.
• Deep understanding of concurrency, goroutines, channels, and Go programming patterns.
• Experience developing distributed and high-performance backend systems.
• Hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes.
• Experience with containerized applications and cloud-native development.
• Strong database experience with both SQL and NoSQL technologies.
• Experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud Platform.
• Strong knowledge of Git, CI/CD, and modern software development practices.
• Experience troubleshooting and optimizing production applications.

Preferred Skills

• Knowledge of Domain-Driven Design (DDD).
• Experience with event-driven architecture.
• Experience with messaging systems and asynchronous processing.
• Familiarity with observability and monitoring tools such as:
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • ELK Stack
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and collaboration skills.