Backend Engineer (Go / Security Platforms)

Title: Senior Backend Engineer (Go / Security Platforms)
Location: Brooklyn Park, MN | Hybrid
Job Type: Contract (12 months - W2 only)
Compensation: $70 - $112 per hour (W2)
Industry: Retail


Requires Skills: Go (Golang), Vault, KMS, Pattern Engines, Postgres, Docker, OpenTelemetry 


About the Role
We are partnering with a large, technology-driven consumer enterprise to hire a Backend Engineer who will help advance a highly scalable, security-focused detection platform. This role sits within a core engineering team responsible for building secure, high-throughput backend systems that protect sensitive data at enterprise scale. The ideal candidate will have strong Go experience and a passion for designing resilient, secure, and observable systems.

• Developing and enhancing a high?performance backend detection platform, including consumer rule processors, event producers, APIs, and asynchronous workflows
• Owning secrets management workflows backed by Vault and KMS-style encryption services, including reviewing and hardening key usage and lifecycle management
• Designing and optimizing PostgreSQL schemas, migrations, and queries to support high?throughput workloads
• Troubleshooting and scaling event-driven pipelines using Kafka and similar stream-processing tools, with a focus on idempotency, backpressure, and reliability
• Implementing and improving observability through logging, metrics, and distributed tracing
• Strengthening engineering practices through improved test coverage, CI/CD pipeline enhancements, and optimized container-based development workflows

• 4+ years of hands-on experience building production services in Go, including modules, testing, and deployment
• 3+ years of experience working with PostgreSQL, including schema migrations, indexing strategies, and performance tuning
• 2+ years designing/operating Vault integrations and KMS-style key handling, including secure key lifecycles.
• Practical experience with detection or pattern-matching engines such as YARA, or similar pattern engines
• Streaming experience with Kafka (or similar) stream-processing patterns; comfort with Benthos or equivalent.
• Proficiency with Docker, Docker Compose, and containerized development workflows, including Dockerfile optimization
• Familiarity with observability concepts such as OpenTelemetry, distributed tracing, and metrics instrumentation
• Clear communicator who collaborates effectively in Agile environments and understands the downstream impact of technical decisions

• Experience with workflow orchestration platforms such as Temporal or similar tools
• Exposure to search technologies such as Solr or Lucene and performance tuning techniques
• Experience integrating authentication or identity solutions such as LDAP or OIDC
• Knowledge of pattern matching algorithms and performance trade-offs (e.g., Aho–Corasick)
• Background working in large-scale, high-availability systems supporting high throughput and low latency

Equal Opportunity Statement
As an equal opportunity employer, Dahl Consulting welcomes candidates of all backgrounds and experiences to apply. If this position sounds like the right opportunity for you, we encourage you to take the next step and connect with us. We look forward to meeting you!

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