Golang Developer

Job#: 3022581

Job Description:

Ford

Hybrid On-Site Dearborn MI

12+ Month Contract

60-75/HR

Position Description

***POSITION IS HYBRID - 4 days per week onsite at the Ford Road office: iTek Center, 15575 Lundy Pkwy, Dearborn, MI 48126***

Join our Realm team, where you will design and develop command-line tools, developer productivity utilities, and automation pipelines that streamline the testing resource reservation process (Phoenix, ECG, TCU, SYNC4). This role is designed to reduce the time developers spend maintaining testing hardware pipelines, enabling them to focus more on innovation.

This is a hands-on senior engineering position specializing in Golang development, CLI tooling, and DevOps pipelines. Candidates must bring strong technical depth and practical experience building developer infrastructure and automation tooling-not just application features.

Primary Responsibilities

• Design and implement functionalities for Golang-based command-line tools.
• Develop and implement unit, integration, and end-to-end tests.
• Write technical specifications for new features and enhancements.
• Actively participate in Agile ceremonies and support a culture of continuous improvement.
• Contribute to process improvements, CI/CD optimizations, and toolchain upgrades.

Continuation of Primary Skills Required

5. Application Development

Expectation: Lead the end-to-end development process with a focus on clean, maintainable code.

Example: The candidate should drive the full development lifecycle, ensuring the codebase remains modular and aligned with SOLID principles. Code reviews should emphasize long-term maintainability and extensibility-not just logic correctness.

6. Application Support

Expectation: Own production environments with a proactive approach to reliability.

Example: Must be proficient in observability: structured logging, distributed tracing (Cloud Trace), meaningful SLIs/SLOs. Should be able to lead Root Cause Analyses (RCAs) and implement preventative measures.

7. Application Testing

Expectation: Implement a comprehensive, automated testing strategy.

Example: Should go far beyond unit tests-designing a full Testing Pyramid that includes unit tests, integration tests using test containers, and E2E contract testing to ensure changes do not break dependent systems.

8. Docker

Expectation: Mastery of containerization best practices for security and efficiency.

Example: Ability to build optimized multi-stage Docker images and reduce attack surfaces. Must understand container security (e.g., non-root user execution) and vulnerability scanning before registry publication.

9. Google Cloud Platform (Google Cloud Platform)

Expectation: Broad understanding of the Google Cloud Platform ecosystem and Infrastructure as Code.

Example: Must navigate both Google Cloud Platform Console and CLI. Should provision infrastructure with Terraform, manage IAM with least-privilege principles, and select the correct services (e.g., Pub/Sub vs. Cloud Tasks).

10. SonarQube

Expectation: Use static analysis to enforce high engineering standards.

Example: Should integrate SonarQube (or equivalent tooling) into CI/CD pipelines with Quality Gates that block PRs introducing vulnerabilities, tech debt, or insufficient code coverage (e.g., below 80%).

Skills Required

• Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run
• Go
• API
• Application Design
• Application Development
• Application Support
• Application Testing
• Docker
• Google Cloud Platform
• SonarQube

Detailed Skills Expectations

1. Google Cloud Platform Cloud Run

Must understand production-grade serverless deployment.

Example: Configure VPC connectors, manage secrets via Secret Manager, implement canary releases, and optimize cold starts (e.g., min-instances and efficient entry points).

2. Go

Must write idiomatic, high-performance, concurrent Go code.

Example: Expertise in goroutines, channels, robust error handling, and avoiding memory leaks.

3. API

Deep knowledge of API contract design, security, and lifecycle management.

Example: Design REST/gRPC APIs with OpenAPI/Swagger, implement idempotency, versioning strategies, OAuth2/OIDC, and rate limiting.

4. Application Design

Translate complex requirements into scalable, maintainable architectures.

Example: Lead microservices design using DDD, producing architectural diagrams that ensure resiliency (circuit breakers), scalability, and data consistency.

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Experience Required

• Senior Software Engineer with 8+ years total engineering experience
• 8+ years production Golang development focused on CLI, DevOps, and API work
• Strong hands-on engineering background (not people-management or architect-only roles)
• Proven experience building developer tooling and automation pipelines

Education Required

• Bachelor's Degree

Additional Information

Database Expertise

Strong proficiency in SQL, advanced query development, stored procedures, and relational database design. Experience with data modeling and performance optimization is highly valued.

Full-Stack Development

Experience across the full application stack with a strong understanding of front-end and back-end system integration.

API Integration & Microservices

Proven experience integrating systems via REST, gRPC, or event-driven communication. Familiarity with scalable, secure microservices architecture is a plus.

Software Quality & Testing Acumen

Commitment to high-quality software, with expertise in unit, integration, and end-to-end testing. Possesses a "test-to-break" mindset and can build resilient, fault-tolerant systems.

Architectural Vision & Communication

Ability to design and articulate complex architectures clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Systems Thinking & Integration

Understands how individual components fit into the broader system. Willingness to learn across the codebase to ensure seamless integration.

Continuous Learning & Problem Solving

Demonstrates intellectual curiosity, proactive learning, and the ability to independently research and solve unfamiliar challenges.

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Apex Systems is a world-class IT services company that serves thousands of clients across the globe. When you join Apex, you become part of a team that values innovation, collaboration, and continuous learning. We offer quality career resources, training, certifications, development opportunities, and a comprehensive benefits package. Our commitment to excellence is reflected in many awards, including ClearlyRated's Best of Staffing in Talent Satisfaction in the United States and Great Place to Work in the United Kingdom and Mexico. Apex uses a virtual recruiter as part of the application process. Click for more details.

Apex Benefits Overview: Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our 'Welcome Packet' as well, which an Apex team member can provide.