Role: Senior Golang Engineer
About the Role
We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Golang Engineer with strong experience in building scalable, cloud-native applications. The ideal candidate will have a proven track record of developing distributed systems using Golang, implementing event-driven architectures with Kafka, and deploying solutions on EKS (Amazon Elastic Kubernetes Service). Hands-on experience with GitHub Actions for CI/CD automation is also essential.
Key Responsibilities- Design, develop, and maintain high-performance, reliable, and scalable backend services using Golang.
- Architect and implement event-driven systems leveraging Apache Kafka.
- Build, deploy, and manage containerized applications using EKS (AWS Kubernetes).
- Develop and maintain automated CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams (DevOps, QA, Product, and Architecture) to deliver end-to-end solutions.
- Optimize application performance, reliability, and security in production environments.
- Participate in code reviews, technical discussions, and architecture planning sessions.
- Troubleshoot production issues and ensure system stability and uptime.
Required Skills & Experience- 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with 3+ years in Golang.
- Strong understanding of concurrency, memory management, and microservices architecture in Go.
- Hands-on experience with Kafka (producers, consumers, topics, schema registry, etc.).
- Expertise in containerization (Docker) and Kubernetes, preferably on AWS EKS.
- Proficiency with CI/CD automation using GitHub Actions or similar tools.
- Experience with RESTful APIs, gRPC, and message-driven architectures.
- Familiarity with cloud-native design principles and infrastructure as code (IaC) is a plus.
- Excellent problem-solving skills and a passion for writing clean, maintainable, and efficient code.
