GOlang BACKEND ENGINEER

GOlang BACKEND ENGINEER

Posted 2 weeks ago by 1750405332

Negotiable
Outside
Remote
USA

Summary: The role of Backend Engineer involves working on a microservices architecture to handle high-scale traffic and ensure system performance. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in distributed systems and will be responsible for designing and implementing high-throughput services. Strong communication skills are essential for collaboration in a remote environment, along with a commitment to technical excellence and continuous improvement. The position requires a proactive approach to problem-solving and mentoring within the engineering team.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Work on microservices architecture handling massive scale and traffic spikes.
  • Design and implement high-throughput, low-latency services.
  • Participate in architecture reviews and technical discussions.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to execute product and business strategy.
  • Contribute to the full development cycle including design, development, testing, and launch.
  • Review code and design documents, providing feedback on product specifications.
  • Mentor engineers and contribute to standards that improve developer workflows.
  • Create and maintain APIs and middleware for data flow between systems.
  • Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging for integration issues.
  • Ensure compliance with security protocols and data privacy regulations.
  • Optimize application performance and design maintainable database schemas.
  • Engage in planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews.
  • Identify and address potential technical issues and bottlenecks proactively.

Key Skills:

  • Minimum 8+ years of professional software development experience.
  • Expertise in Java, Python, Go, or Rust.
  • Experience with distributed systems and microservices architecture.
  • Familiarity with software engineering best practices (testing, CI/CD, documentation).
  • Strong organizational and communication skills.
  • BS degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
  • Experience with message queues, caching systems, and database technologies.
  • Experience with GraphQL, REST, and API design.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: USA

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: outside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

Hi,
Greetings from #TalTeam
We have job opportunity for #Backend Engineer with one of our #client #Remote. Kindly let me know if you are interested or someone who might be interested, please send an updated resume to / X 830

Job Title:Backend Engineer (25-00965)
Job Location: Remote-VA
Duration of the project: 6+ Months Contract
Key Skills: GOlang, Graphql integration, GrPC

Key Responsibilities
Technical excellence is essential for this role, as you'll be working on our microservices architecture that handles massive scale and traffic spikes.
The ideal candidate demonstrates strong proficiency in distributed systems concepts including consistency models, fault tolerance, and horizontal scaling.
You must be comfortable designing and implementing high-throughput, low-latency services that maintain performance during peak loads.
Additionally, you should have excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly articulate technical decisions, create comprehensive documentation, and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in a remote environment.
You'll be expected to participate in architecture reviews, contribute to technical discussions, and deliver high quality code.

What You'll Do
Work cross-functionally, collaborate and partner with product, design, and other engineering counterparts to execute on product and business strategy and build Client products and features that our users will love.
Contribute to the full development cycle: technical design, development, test, experimentation, analysis, and launch. You'll be reviewing code and design docs, giving feedback on product specs and mocks.
Participate with a team of thoughtful, fast-moving, and motivated engineers. Contribute to standards that improve developer workflows, recommend best practices, and help mentor engineers on the team to grow their technical expertise.
Continuously learn and improve your technical and non-technical abilities.
You will work with the existing engineering team and help contribute to the direction of the project and team
Create and maintain APIs, rSpec testing suite, and middleware to facilitate data flow between systems
Perform system analysis, troubleshooting, and debugging to identify and resolve integration issues
Ensure compliance with security protocols and data privacy regulations during integration processes
Troubleshoot and optimize application performance to provide optimal experience
Ability to design maintainable database schemas and easy-to-understand data structures
Ability to design technical solutions with little direction or guidance
Engage in the team's organizational processes, such as planning, backlog refinement, and sprint reviews, to ensure effective collaboration and feedback
Proactively identify and address potential technical issues and bottlenecks

Required Experience
Minimum 8+ years of post-internship, full-time, hands-on, professional software development experience developing distributed backend systems at scale.
Expertise in Java, Python, Go, or Rust
Experience with distributed systems, microservices architecture, and handling high-throughput workloads
Familiarity with software engineering best practices such as unit/integration/end-to-end testing, design documents, CI/CD, A/B testing, code reviews, and documentation
Strong organizational skills, the ability to prioritize tasks and keep projects on schedule.
Excellent communication skills. You collaborate effectively with teams in a fully remote environment and discuss complex topics with technical and non-technical audiences.
BS degree in Computer Science, a similar technical field of study or equivalent practical, professional, hands-on experience.
You love to build new things and thrive in ambiguity and even failure. You care about innovation.
Experience with message queues (Kafka, RabbitMQ), caching systems (Redis, Memcached), and database technologies (SQL and NoSQL)
Experience with GraphQL, REST, HTTP, and the ability to design maintainable APIs