Golang Developer

Job Title: Golang Developer
Location: Fremont CA,
Duration: 6 month with extensions or CTH
Interview Process: Two round of hands on technical interview 45 minutes each.
Note: No Sponsered Visa Required.
Project Description:
We are seeking a Mid-Level Golang Backend Developer to build and support high-performance, scalable backend systems. This role will focus on developing robust web applications, messaging-based backend services, and distributed systems using modern cloud-native and DevOps practices.
The ideal candidate has strong backend experience in Golang, exposure to microservices architecture, and hands-on experience building, deploying, and supporting production-grade systems.
Key Responsbilities:

• Design, develop, and maintain backend services and APIs using Golang
• Build and support web applications and messaging-based systems (MQ / event-driven architecture)
• Develop high-performance, scalable applications optimized for reliability and speed
• Participate in the full software lifecycle:
• Development
• Build and deployment
• Monitoring and alerting
• Work with DevOps pipelines to:
• Build and deploy applications
• Consume services across environments
• Ensure smooth production releases
• Deploy and manage applications in Kubernetes-based environments
• Monitor live systems, troubleshoot issues, and optimize performance
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (frontend, DevOps, product)

Must-Have Requirements (Non-Negotiable):

• 3+ years of hands-on experience with Golang (Go)
• Prior backend development experience in at least one of the following:
• C# / .NET
• Java
• Python
• Strong understanding of:
• Backend architecture
• REST APIs & microservices
• REST APIs (must)
• RESTful API design
• Understanding of API principles (contracts, inputs/outputs, error handling)
• Experience maintaining and evolving APIs in production systems

• Microservices architecture
• Handson experience working in microservices architecture
• Understanding of:
• Servicetoservice communication
• Distributed system behavior
• Ownership of services in production
• Not required to spin up new microservices daily, but must understand how and when to design them
• Event-driven architecture (Kafka-like mindset even if not explicit)
• Distributed systems
• Experience building production-grade backend systems
• Experience working with:
• Message queues / event-driven systems (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ)
• Solid understanding of databases (SQL or NoSQL)
• SQL (required)
• Experience with MySQL and/or PostgreSQL
• Ability to:
• Read and write nontrivial SQL queries
• Understand joins, indexing basics, query behavior
• Make basic tuning or performance adjustments
• Advanced DBAlevel skills not required, but basic SQL is not enough

DevOps & Cloud Experience

• Hands-on experience with:
• Kubernetes (deploy, manage, scale applications)
• CI/CD pipelines (build, deploy, automate)
• Experience with:
• Application monitoring
• Logging and alerting systems
• Understanding of how services are built, deployed, and consumed in production environments

Engineering Fundamentals

• Strong in:
• Software design patterns
• Clean, maintainable code
• Experience with:
• CI/CD pipelines
• Testing (unit/integration)
• This is repeatedly emphasized and one of the biggest evaluation criteria.
• Candidate must demonstrate:
• ObjectOriented Programming fundamentals
• Clean class design
• Proper use of encapsulation, abstraction, inheritance
• Clean Code principles
• Readable, maintainable, structured code
• Familiarity with common design patterns (e.g., decorator, etc.)
• Ability to adapt to an existing codebase and follow team standards quickly

6. Soft / Execution Skills

Ownership & Production Mindset

• Developer is responsible endtoend for tickets
• From implementation testing release production
• Strong attention to production quality
• Understands impact of backend failures on real customer experiences
• Comfortable with:
• Fast releases (weekly)
• Highvisibility systems
• Debugging issues postrelease

ProblemSolving & FirstPrinciples Thinking

• Ability to reason through ambiguous, realworld problems
• Comfortable asking clarifying questions before coding
• Can explain why they chose a solution, not just write code
• Interview evaluation heavily weights thinking process, not memorization

Agile / HighVelocity Environment Experience

• Comfortable working in:
• Weekly sprints
• Rapid release cycles (Thursday releases)
• Experience with:
• GitHub
• Jira
• Confluence
• Can handle fast feedback loops and frequent deployments

Nice to Have

• Frontend experience with:
• Angular (v14 18) or React
• Experience working on robotics systems or automation stacks
• Exposure to:
• High-throughput systems
• Real-time data processing
• Experience with containerization tools (Docker)