Golang Developer - Distributed Systems (4-8 yrs)

Job Description

Role :

Golang Developer What You Will Be Doing :

System Design & Development :

- Design and develop highly scalable, reliable, secure, and fault-tolerant systems for one of the world's fastest-growing companies with minimal guidance.

Code Excellence :

- Write clear, concise, performant, and well-tested code that is easy to understand and maintain.

Team Collaboration :

- Actively participate in team discussions, agile development processes, and system monitoring to ensure high availability and uptime.

Automation :

- Build and manage automated build, test, and deployment pipelines to streamline development workflows.

Standards & Processes :

- Improve engineering standards, tools, and processes to enhance team productivity and output quality.

Cross-Functional Collaboration :

- Work effectively with product, design, and backend teams across regions to independently ship world-class features and products.

Technical Expertise :

- Solve complex technical challenges, ensuring systems are robust, efficient, and maintainable.

Technical Skills Required :

- Core Competencies: Expertise in Golang, with strong knowledge of its ecosystem, libraries, and frameworks.

- Proficiency in PostgreSQL and Redis for database management and caching.

- Solid understanding of unit testing methodologies and frameworks.

- Strong grasp of CI/CD pipelines and tools like Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI/CD.

- Hands-on experience with microservices architecture and its principles, including service discovery, API gateways, and inter-service communication.

- Familiarity with API security standards like OAuth and implementing secure REST APIs.

- Knowledge of cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, Azure, or Heroku for deploying and managing applications.

- Expertise in memory management, concurrency, multithreading, and fault tolerance.

- Strong skills in database optimization and network programming.

- Proficiency in troubleshooting, performance monitoring, and root cause analysis.

Development Tools & Environments :

- Experience with containerization and orchestration tools like Docker and Kubernetes.

- Familiarity with monitoring tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or New Relic.

- Hands-on experience with version control systems like Git.

What We Are Looking For :

Must-Have Skills :

Experience :

- 3-8 years of hands-on experience in developing, testing, and deploying large-scale applications using Golang, PostgreSQL, and Redis.

Agile Methodologies :

- Proficiency in Agile development practices, test engineering, and automation.

System Design Expertise :

- Strong understanding of performance/resource optimization, database interactions, and secure application development.

Project Management :

- Ability to estimate and execute releases with a high degree of predictability.

Good-to-Have Skills :

- Knowledge of event-driven architecture.

- Familiarity with distributed systems and messaging queues like Kafka or RabbitMQ.

- Experience in building real-time applications and managing large-scale distributed systems