Golang Developer Lead

Job Title: Golang Developer Lead

Job Location: Englewood, CO

Job Type: Contract

Job Description:

Pay Range: $65hr - $72hr

• Senior Integration and Composition Engineer responsible for designing and implementing dynamic payload transformations and configuration compositions to integrate multiple systems reliably and efficiently.
• The role focuses on payload composition, transformation, and system integration across internal systems and external partners.
• Candidates will use JQ and Go templates to implement dynamic request and response mappings, configuration-driven workflows, and environment-specific integrations while ensuring scalability, resiliency, and compliance.

Requirement/Must Have:

• Hands-on expertise with JQ for JSON filtering, mapping, aggregation, and conditionals.
• Strong proficiency with Go templating, including conditionals, loops, and reusable templates.
• Experience integrating REST-based APIs and event-driven workflows.
• Strong knowledge of JSON, HTTP, API gateways, middleware, or integration platforms.
• Experience in programming and scripting languages such as Go, Python, or Java.
• Understanding of payment failure scenarios, declines, and reconciliation impacts.
• Experience supporting high-throughput and low-latency transaction systems.
• Knowledge of DevOps practices including Kubernetes, Helm, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Familiarity with orchestration frameworks.
• Strong debugging and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities:

• Design and implement integration compositions across APIs, services, and platforms.
• Transform, filter, and enrich JSON payloads using JQ.
• Build reusable and parameterized templates using Go templating.
• Compose requests and responses for downstream systems based on business rules.
• Support system-to-system integration, orchestration, and data mapping.
• Troubleshoot integration issues related to payload structure and transformations.
• Collaborate with platform, API, and DevOps teams to ensure seamless deployments.
• Maintain versioned and reusable templates and transformation logic.
• Build template-driven configurations to support reusable integrations across environments.
• Integrate third-party platforms with upstream channels and downstream providers.
• Implement standardized error handling and mapping for consistent operational outcomes.
• Partner with product, architecture, QA, and operations teams to ensure integrations meet business and performance requirements.
• Troubleshoot production issues related to integration logic and partner failures.
• Contribute to documentation, best practices, and reusable integration assets.

Should Have:

• Experience with payment platforms and end-to-end payment lifecycles.
• Knowledge of alternative payment methods, recurring billing, and subscription models.
• Exposure to cloud-native deployments and Kubernetes-based platforms.

Skills:

• JQ, Go Template, REST API, JSON.
• Python, Go, Java.
• CI/CD.

Qualification And Education:

• Relevant degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field preferred.
• Relevant professional experience required.