Senior Go Engineer (Backend)

TL;DR

Senior Go Engineer (Backend): Designing and maintaining Go-based backend services and APIs for scientific and computational workflows with an accent on Kubernetes (EKS) and cloud-native architecture. Focus on implementing observability systems, optimizing system reliability, and managing high-performance deployment workflows in AWS environments.

Location: Remote (Global). Working hours must overlap with US Pacific Time (12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST)

Company

hirify.global is an international team of technology experts specializing in high-end software engineering.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and maintain Go-based backend services and APIs supporting scientific and computational workflows.
• Deploy and troubleshoot services within Kubernetes (EKS) environments.
• Implement and maintain observability systems including logging, monitoring, and alerting to ensure system reliability.
• Collaborate with platform and infrastructure teams for seamless integration with cloud-native systems.
• Participate in system design discussions focused on scalability, performance, and observability.
• Improve CI/CD pipelines and mentor junior engineers.

Requirements

• Strong production-grade experience building backend systems in Go.
• Proven experience with Kubernetes, specifically AWS EKS, in production.
• Solid background in designing RESTful APIs and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience with observability stacks such as Prometheus, Grafana, CloudWatch, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.
• Working knowledge of AWS services (EC2, S3, IAM, VPC) and strong Linux fundamentals.
• Working hours must overlap with US Pacific Time (12:00 PM – 5:00 PM PST).

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Full remote work and flexible working hours.
• Opportunity to work with a team of high-level technical experts.