Lead Golang Software Engineer

We're looking for an experienced Go developer to build and lead development of high-performance microservices. You'll work with modern cloud technologies and help design our distributed systems using gRPC and containerized services.

What You'll Do:

• Lead architectural decisions for microservices and mentor junior developers;
• Design and build gRPC APIs using Protocol Buffers;
• Optimize service performance, reliability, and scalability;
• Collaborate with DevOps on deployment and monitoring;
• Establish coding standards and conduct code reviews;
• Work with distributed systems and inter-service communication.

Required Skills:

• 5+ years Go (Golang) production experience
• 3+ years microservices architecture experience
• gRPC & Protocol Buffers for service design and RPC communication
• Docker containerization and service deployment
• PostgreSQL & Redis for databases and caching
• Git, CI/CD, and modern development workflows
• Experience with high-traffic, distributed systems
• Previous senior/lead developer role preferred
• Upper-Intermediate/Advanced English level

Technical Knowledge:

• Service mesh architectures and communication patterns
• Authentication/authorization (JWT, OAuth2)
• API gateway design and traffic management
• Database per service patterns and data consistency
• Envoy Proxy configuration and load balancing

Nice to Have:

• Event-driven architecture experience
• Buf for Protocol Buffer management and code generation
• Service discovery and observability tools
• Cloud-native deployment experience
• Performance optimization and monitoring